Priti Patel’s plans to stop refugees arriving in the UK by turning back small boats in the English Channel are a cruel breach of human rights laws, politicians have warned.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights, made up of MPs and Peers in Westminster, has demanded Patel’s ’ plans to forcibly push back people trying to cross the Channel in small boats should be scrapped, saying they are not compatible with human rights obligations.
A committee report released on Wednesday found that large parts of the Nationalities and Borders Bill to stop people from coming to the UK without a visa or immigration leave could be illegal.Pushbacks are “not the solution” to curbing Channel crossings and would “do the opposite of what is required to save lives”,
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