‘At some point it’s no longer enough to be a woman or homosexual’: UK Home Secretary questions UN Refugee Convention

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Britain’s Conservative Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has questioned the United Nations refugee treaty. Politicians should consider whether the treaty and the way it is interpreted by the courts are still suitable “for our modern times” or whether reforms are needed, the 43-year-old said on Tuesday during a visit to a think tank in the US.

“Let me be clear: There are large parts of the world where it is extremely difficult to be gay or a woman,” Braverman said during a visit to the American Enterprise Institute. When individuals are being persecuted, it is right to provide them with protection. “But we will not be able to maintain an asylum system if it is enough that you are gay or woman and fear discrimination in your country of origin to be entitled to protection.”

The Minister of the Interior is taking tough action against migrants

The 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention is a cornerstone of international humanitarian cooperation. It guarantees access to people who are persecuted in their country because of their religion or political beliefs. People should not be sent back to places where their lives or freedom are threatened.

Braverman takes a tough stance against migrants. A new British law makes it possible to immediately arrest migrants crossing the English Channel to the British Isles in small boats. People should be deported to their home country or a third country without the opportunity to apply for asylum. Critics speak of an abolition of the right of asylum.

According to the government’s wishes, migrants should be able to be sent to Rwanda, among others, regardless of their origin. However, an agreement that has already been concluded with the East African country is on hold due to a legal dispute. (SDA)

Source: Blick