Priti Patel is drawing up new plans for the immigration system which turn back the clock, tearing up refugee law that has been in place since the UK signed up to the Refugee Convention in 1951.
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What are Priti Patel’s plans for the immigration system?
Inventing a distinction of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ asylum seekers
Priti Patel is proposing a new resettlement scheme for refugees, which would be a welcome improvement, if it was not so incredibly narrow, and packaged alongside attempts to discredit and delegitimise all other asylum seekers.
Under the proposals, LGBTQ+ people and those fleeing political or religious persecution will be left with no options to travel to the UK. Those at our borders trying to reach family and friends in the UK will be pushed into the hands of people smugglers.
More chaos and misery into an already-broken system
Priti Patel plans to send asylum seekers to third countries, even if they have no connections there. An…