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10 May 2021
Categories: Legal News , Immigration & asylum , Rule of law
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LNB news: Proposed changes to asylum system undermines rule of law and access to justice

The Law Society has stated that the proposed changes to the asylum system would undermine the rule of law and access to justice

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

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 7 May 2021 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/

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