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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
https://fullfact.org/immigration/ref...-safe-country/
Not sure this is proof, but this is what I'm reading.
Refugees are not obligated to apply for asylum in the first safe country they enter. However, the UK is not obligated to consider asylum application even if they are in the UK.
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Article 31 doesn't apply because they are not fleeing for their lives or freedom from France.
And none of this article deals with the problem of boats arriving at the English coast.
Those that succeed in getting here like this, well they're here, we have to take care of them, but we should be discouraging this method of arrival because it's extremely dangerous and unnecessary. There are better ways to apply for asylum in the UK.
You left off the bit after your second quotation there:
A lot depends here on how to interpret which country people are “coming directly from”. It could be argued, for instance, that as the people crossing the channel are coming directly from France—which is not the country they initially fled—they don’t have the right to claim asylum in the UK.
However, in 1999 a UK judge ruled that “some element of choice is indeed open to refugees as to where they may properly claim asylum.” The judge specified that “any merely short term stopover en route” to another country should not forfeit the individual’s right to claim refugee status elsewhere.
This means people can legitimately make a claim for asylum in the UK after passing through other “safe” countries. Once in the UK it is then up to the authorities to review that application.
Also, you don't know if Article 31 applies or not because you can't know that they are safe where they are. That's what the asylum application process is for.
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