'Cruel' asylum plan by Rishi Sunak violates international law, says UN

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "That approach would close down access to asylum in the UK for all but a privileged few."
41% : The UNHCR said that limiting asylum to people arriving through "legal routes" goes against the basic principles of the 1951 Refugee Convention, and that resettlement programmes championed by the government "cannot replace the obligation to extend protection to asylum seekers arriving in the UK and applying directly".
38% : Mr Sunak said the government would distinguish "illegal migrants" from "genuine refugees", but the vast majority of small boat arrivals have claimed asylum and more than half of decided applications were successful.
29% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}Rishi Sunak's plan to deny asylum to migrant arriving on small boats violates international law and undermines Britain's "humanitarian tradition", the United Nations said.

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