International Law on Rights of Refugees: Government Compliance

Part of Attorney General – in the House of Commons at on 18 March 2021.

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Photo of Angela Crawley Angela Crawley Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Attorney General)

Reports in the press this morning indicate that the Home Secretary plans to send asylum seekers coming across the channel offshore, thousands of miles away, to have their claims processed. May I welcome the Attorney General to his place and ask him whether he has been consulted on the legality of these proposals yet? Can he reveal which countries his Government are doing this reprehensible deal with, given that this would be relevant to the legality of the proposals?