Lexis®Library update: These changes were proposed in the Home Office consultation on its new plans for immigration. Law Society president, I Stephanie Boyce argued that the Home Office’s plans would make a ‘mockery of British fair play’ and, in penalising asylum seekers who reach British shores through irregular routes, would overturn the principle and risk breaching international laws through the creation of a two tier asylum system.
Boyce contends that punishing victims of crime 'is not acceptable in a civilised, democratic country which upholds the rule of law' and that the proposals would limit the access to courts and remove safeguards in the system.
Source: New immigration plan risks making a mockery of British fair play
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