MOSCOW, 13 Dec Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees Gillian Triggs said a new British plan to combat the flow of illegal migrants arriving in the kingdom by boat across the English Channel is preventing many people from accessing asylum in the country.
On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a new plan to fighting the flow of illegal migrants arriving in the UK by boat across the English Channel.
«The announced proposal to first detain and then either return asylum seekers to their home countries or transfer them to a third country would be tantamount to denying access to the British system providing asylum for those who arrive irregularly … Such an approach would close access to asylum in the UK for the vast majority,» Trig said on the website of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). gs.