“The Rwanda policy is not compatible with fundamental human rights afforded to asylum seekers under the European convention on human rights, to which the UK was the first signatory, and the refugee convention.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/14/asylum-seekers-win-permission-for-rwanda-policy-legal-challenge
#RefugeesWelcome. #ECHR #RefugeeConvention #Law #GTTO #Asylum

The Convention further stipulates that, subject to specific exceptions, refugees should not be penalized for their illegal entry or stay. This recognizes that the seeking of asylum can require refugees to breach immigration rules.
...It provides that no one shall expel or return (“refouler”) a refugee against his or her will, in any manner whatsoever...
#RefugeeConvention #RefugeesWelcome #Brexit
https://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10

The Convention further stipulates that, subject to specific exceptions, refu- gees should not be penalized for their illegal entry or stay. This recognizes that the seeking of asylum can require refugees to breach immigration rules.
...It provides that no one shall expel or return (“refouler”) a refugee against his or her will, in any manner whatsoever...
#RefugeeConvention #RefugeesWelcome #Brexit
https://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10

The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol are the key legal documents that form the basis of our work. With 149 State parties to either or both, they define the term ‘refugee’ and outlines the rights of refugees, as well as the legal obligations of States to protect them.
https://www.unhcr.org/1951-refugee-convention.html
#RefugeeConvention #RefugeesWelcome #Asylum #Brexit

#UNHCR concerned by actions of this despicable bunch and rightly so when in breach of the #RefugeeConvention. What comes next? A rounding up of the “others”? #ToriesDestroyingTheCountry #GeneralElectionNOW #FuckTheTories 🤬https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/07/suella-braverman-asylum-migration-bill-law-change-small-boats?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Sure violate international law & the refugee convention to please the Daily Mail & your right-wing base. The UK is not being ‘invaded’ by small boats or refugees. It remains way behind other European countries in terms of first asylum applications https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64881908 #refugeeswelcome #RefugeeConvention

The Tyee: An Immigration Detention System That Makes No Sense (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/02/Immigration-Detention-System/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #UBCKillamAcceleratorResearchFellowship #NationalImmigrationDetentionFramework #BCOfficeoftheHumanRightsCommissioner #Canadaimmigrationdetentionsystem #AmnestyInternationalCanada #CanadaBorderServicesAgency #PeterA.AllardSchoolofLaw #SupremeCourtofCanada #RefugeeConvention ##WelcomeToCanada #humanrightswatch #Dr.EfratArbel

RT @KCL_Law@twitter.com

Dr Nicola Palmer @nicolapalmer83@twitter.com, reflects on the #RwandaPlan judgment in her new blog for the @OxfordLawFac@twitter.com.
She argues that the #HighCourt has a narrow interpretation of its international legal obligations under the 1951 #RefugeeConvention.
Read➡️: https://bit.ly/3FHW9Bx

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KCL_Law/status/1605205197634027523

RT @UNFAIR_agency@twitter.com

10) to call on the Libyan government to sign the 1951 #RefugeeConvention to create a legal basis for refugee protection in the country.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/UNFAIR_agency/status/1598250234945339397

RT @natalieben: #RwandaMigrationPlan - world is watching. And taking a rightly dim view of country refusing to say #RefugeesWelcomen

UK "saying: We are going to pay poorer country to take human beings we don’t want"

#RuleofLaw #RefugeeConvention
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/20/britain-rwanda-refugees-trafficking-resettlement-deal/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/GreenPartyMolly/status/1517390881871089665

Addendum to #WorldRefugeeDay:
It is important to me to state this clearly and emphasize that I stand by #Geneva #RefugeeConvention, to the rights and obligations of the refugees as well as to the rights and obligations of the host countries!
#CRSR