Immigration rule will also prevent migrants making a claim in UK territorial waters
Ministers have quietly changed immigration rules to prevent people fleeing war or persecution from claiming asylum in the UK if they have passed through a “safe” third country in what has been branded a “breach of international law”.
From 1 January, claims of asylum from a person who has travelled through or has a connection to a “safe third country”, including people coming from EU member states, will be treated as “inadmissible”.
