mancinblack: Only withdrawal from 1951 UN Refugee Convention will allow for control of migration.

Posted by DanielS on Saturday, 02 May 2020 05:02.

Ignoring the elephant in the room
Priti Patel today signalled a fresh crackdown on illegal migrants crossing the English Channel as she also vowed to tackle ‘vexatious’ asylum claims.

The Home Secretary conceded that there are currently higher numbers of people trying to cross the stretch of water.

But she said she is working to agree a scheme with Paris which would allow Britain to return illegal migrants to France after they have come ashore in the UK or if they are picked up while at sea.

She also vowed to focus Home Office efforts on combatting ‘vexatious methods’ and ‘vexatious claims’ around illegal immigration and asylum.

More…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8270077/Priti-Patel-signals-fresh-crackdown-illegal-migrants-crossing-English-Channel.html

Well, good luck with that. Patel, like every other politician is ignoring the elephant in the room - the UN Refugee Convention 1951 and the 1967 Protocol, to which both Britain and France are signatories. The Convention states…

The principle of non-refoulement [pushbacks] is so fundamental that no reservations or derogations may be made to it. It provides that no one shall expel or return a refugee against his or her will in any manner whatsoever, to a territory where he or she fears threats to life or freedom

But France is a safe country so they are not genuine refugees ?

A refugee does not cease to be a refugee simply because they leave one host country to travel to another. A person is a refugee because of the lack of protection by their country of origin.

The Convention also states the basic rights of refugees as going well beyond ‘physical safety’ and include freedom of movement within the state, rights to work, access to housing, education, travel documents and more. The absence of ‘means of subsistence’ is justification for moving on and seeking a ‘decent human life’.

Illegal ?

The Convention further stipulates that, subject to specific exceptions, refugees should not be penalised for their illegal entry or stay. This recognises that the seeking of asylum can require refugees to breach immigration rules.

When it comes to refugee status feelings matter. Does the individual feel safe ? This isn’t lost on the likes of Amnesty International and other NGO’s known to tutor would be refugees on the right things to say and how to behave during assessments. Amnesty recorded the words of Josue, a 53 year old from Honduras, on the Mexico - Us border..

I don’t feel safe here. Anything can happen, because I’m Honduran. The police here are very corrupt and they steal the money of lots of people.

The 1951 Convention gives human rights lawyers the upper hand in any court case concerning asylum and refugee status, as in April of last year, when a US federal court issued a preliminary injunction banning the further implementation of Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ aka the ‘Migrant Protection Protocol’.

It’s hard to accept any politician or political party as being serious about ending the ‘refugee’ problem unless they first announce that they are withdrawing the country from the 1951 Convention. The current system only really benefits organized crime - people smugglers and lawyers - and is unfit for purpose. Free of the Convention, countries can decide for themselves whether or not to accept refugees and if they believe an individual or group of people are worthy of refugee status and are willing to provide sanctuary, they can cut out the middle men and go collect; which is something Britain did for the Ugandan Asians and Hong Kong Chinese.

- Report by mancinblack

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Posted by mancinblack on Sun, 10 May 2020 14:00 | #

‘UK Supreme Court wrecks deportation process’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVYiihEXhFA

Blair’s project to destroy Britain and ensure plenty of work for his wife continues apace.

Posted by mancinblack on Tue, 19 May 2020 08:47 | #

The headline for this should read ‘1951 Convention Forces Malta to Secretly Employ Private Ships to Return Africans’, however it’s The Guardian so…

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/exclusive-12-die-as-malta-uses-private-ships-to-push-migrants-back-to-libya/ar-BB14hBde?ocid=spartandhp

Posted by mancinblack on Wed, 20 May 2020 15:48 | #

The Refugee Convention is clear that people have the right to seek sanctuary where they feel safe, not where the Home Secretary says they should.

She is going to have a rude awakening.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/home-secretary-warned-against-changing-asylum-laws-to-tackle-migrant-crossings/ar-BB14mYWf?ocid=spartandhp

Patel needs to wake up.

Posted by mancinblack on Thu, 21 May 2020 17:03 | #

Human rights lawyers are to challenge the UK government over the return of ‘small boat’ migrants to France under ‘Operation Sillath’ which takes advantage of a disputed clause in the European Union’s Dublin Convention.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/home-office-deporting-migrants-who-cross-channel-in-small-boats/ar-BB14qhh3?ocid=spartandhp

Posted by mancinblack on Fri, 22 May 2020 17:15 | #

French patrol vessels are allowing migrants to enter UK waters.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/channel-people-smuggling-major-threat-to-uk-ex-border-force-chief-warns/ar-BB14t2yt?ocid=spartandhp

Posted by Michael Gove on Wed, 27 May 2020 15:46 | #

Independent UK, 53 minutes ago:

Government refusing to sign up to Brexit safeguards so it can change Human Rights Act, Gove admits

Brussels wants UK to commit to human rights in writing as condition of trade deal.

The UK is refusing to sign up to human rights safeguards demanded by the EU in exchange for a trade deal so the government has the option of changing the Human Rights Act, Michael Gove has said.

The cabinet office minister told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that the government might want to “enhance” legislation on human rights “in all sorts of ways”.

Britain, along with every country in Europe other than Belarus, is a signatory of the European Convention on Human Rights. Brussels wants the UK to commit to seeing the status quo on the issue as part of the terms of a Brexit trade agreement.

But UK negotiators have refused, claiming that the issue is a matter of “sovereignty”.

Asked why he was reluctant to agree to the EU’s demands, Michael Gove told the future relationship with the EU select committee: “It’s a question of sovereignty and the EU determining whether or not our own legislation is sufficient to give effect to the rights of citizens to ensure that their position under the ECHR is safeguarded.

Posted by mancinblack on Wed, 27 May 2020 17:15 | #

I hope “enhance” and “in all sorts of ways” are euphemisms for ‘abolish’. We managed perfectly well prior to 2000 without. Nor do we need Cameron’s floated idea of a ‘British Bill of Rights’. The only rights we need are, yep you got it..Majority Rights..and justice.

Posted by mancinblack on Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:28 | #

Patel continues to wave a ‘wet cape’ at Tory voters and Civ Nats

Bella Sankey of the Detention Action human rights campaign, described the possibility of boats being forced back into French waters as “an unhinged proposal” which would face legal challenges.

She told PA news agency “It’s unlawful, it’s really dangerous and could seriously risk human life. From anyway you look at it it’s a terrible idea and I don’t think it would actually get off the ground.

I think it’s really disingenuous and irresponsible of ministers to be even suggesting this. It’s more of the same, pretty transparent grandstanding to score political points while not actually coming up with any sensible or workable proposals to prevent the chaos escalating.

If they did try and go down that route of push-backs at sea, absolutely they would face legal challenges”

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ministers-warned-against-push-back-suggestion-for-migrant-boats/ar-BB17IS3E?ocid=msedgdhp

Posted by James Goddard on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 01:47 | #

Politics, News & Nationalism Ep 2 With Vinnie Sullivan & Street Soldier

Posted by mancinblack on Thu, 27 Aug 2020 13:28 | #

The truth hurts, hopefully

Barrister Richard Booth QC tweeted “This is utterly disgraceful from the Home Office, painting lawyers as villains. A slippery and dangerous slope”.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/lawyers-painted-as-villains-by-home-office-over-migrant-crossings/ar-BB18q7zt?ocid=msedgdhp

It would be a “slippery and dangerous slope” for subversive, money grubbing “activist lawyers” if the government did the right thing and didn’t just talk around the problem.

Posted by mancinblack on Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:17 | #

EU demands “mandatory solidarity” over refugees and asylum seekers in proposed rules overhaul of ‘broken system’.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-eu-idUKKCN26E1QL

Posted by manc on Wed, 19 May 2021 12:30 | #

Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t like the Conservatives immigration plans….

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/we-need-to-resist-the-government-s-new-immigration-plan/ar-BB1gTUxQ?ocid=msedgdhp

Posted by manc on Fri, 04 Jun 2021 22:33 | #

Vexatious Border Force…

Video : Exposed : Home Office launches urgent probe into how our Border Force entered French waters to collect asylum seekers with grateful permission from a Calais patrol that was supposed to stop them - as revealed in captains radio transcript.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/newsalerts/video-2433769/Video-Excl-Channel-migrants-secretly-picked-French-waters.html