nikolUK joins European deal to send rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs | Refugees | The Guardian
Madeleine Sumption, the director of the Migration Observatory at Oxford University, said: “It’s not clear how much impact a political declaration makes given that judges’ decisions are also driven by domestic and international case law, which this declaration does not change. How much concrete difference it will make remains to be seen.”
Yvette Cooper, who finalised the agreement at the high-level meeting in Chişinău, Moldova, is expected to discuss hubs over the next two days.
The foreign secretary told the Guardian: “Reform and the Conservatives have called for the ripping up of international law altogether – even though those same international laws are essential to our law enforcement cooperation against the criminal smuggler gangs, or to upholding pillars such as the Good Friday agreement.
“The Greens have called instead for the ripping up of border controls – damaging our national security. Neither of their approaches delivers for our national interest.
“That is why Labour is reforming the ECHR with partners from across the continent, because we know the relationships we build abroad make us stronger at home.”
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