Fearing discrimination on the basis of being gay or a woman should not by itself be enough to qualify for protection under international refugee laws, Suella Braverman will say in a speech on Tuesday
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The home secretary will set out her case for a major overhaul of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, which has been signed by 146 countries and gradually incorporated into UK case law over the past seven decades
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Speaking in Washington at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank, she will argue for a narrower definition of the term “refugee”.
She will also say that the convention is outdated and “we now live in a completely different time”
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Braverman will warn that the way in which asylum seekers “shop around” for their “preferred destination” in Europe is “absurd and unsustainable” and that nobody who crosses the Channel in a small boat should be treated as a refugee
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Her comments are likely to put Britain on another collision course with the UNHCR, which governs the Refugee Convention and has already condemned the government over its Illegal Migration Act and policy to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda
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According to figures compiled by the UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, 108 million people were forcibly displaced last year as a result of persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations
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@thetimes
Right so imprisonment or death is not reason enough for the nazi ##
#ch
, she's disgusting human being
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Suella Braverman is RIGHT to question UN asylum rules.
NO ONE should be given asylum if they:
Wear jeggings
Wear shoes with no socks
Listen to Wrap
Eat tofu & sourdough artisan bread
Like Angela Rippon
Are Linekerists,cyclists,vegans,teachers or owls
Have pungent nooks or conkers
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What a day! We’re going to see one of our highest Govt office holders stand on the world stage and show the planet what a hateful person she is
#BravermanOut
#Braverman
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@thetimes
So she is happy to given Gays in certain countries a Death Sentence not a safe and legal route to a safe haven ?
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@thetimes
#CruellaBraverman
strikes again! Is there no depth of hate that this bigot won’t sink to?!?! ANY LGBTQ+ person supporting this
#TorySewageParty
is supporting their own demise! The
#ToryHateParty
must be removed from office as soon as possible!!
#ToriesAreEvil
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