UK Imitates Australia's Asylum-Seeker Policy, Could Even Have Similar Human Toll
By The Conversation Michelle Foster, The University of Melbourne and Katie Robertson, The University of MelbourneThe United Kingdom’s Illegal Migration Bill, introduced in the House of Commons this week, will look very familiar to Australians. If passed, the bill would see asylum seekers who arrive in the UK without a visa deemed “illegal” and prohibited from applying for protection under the refugee system. Any claim for protection will be deemed “inadmissible”, and anyone arriving “illegally” will be removed to their home country or a so-called “safe” third country. The bill also grants enha...