Home secretary reportedly planning ban on anyone who enters UK via irregular routes claiming refuge

Suella Braverman’s plan to stop people entering the UK through irregular routes from claiming asylum could be in breach of the refugee convention, the United Nations’ refugee agency has said.

The home secretary is reportedly drawing up a bill designed to create a “blanket ban” on anyone who enters the UK illegally, including by small boats, from claiming refuge.

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