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LNB news: Proposed changes to asylum system undermines rule of law and access to justice

10 May 2021
Categories: Legal News , Immigration & asylum , Rule of law
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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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