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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Under international law, anyone has the right to apply for asylum in any country that signed the 1951 Geneva Convention and to remain there until the authorities have assessed their claim. The core principle is non-refoulement, which asserts that a refugee should not be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom. This is now considered a rule of customary international law.
The Dublin Convention which the UK is leaving is the EU one which aims to "determine rapidly the Member State responsible [for an asylum claim]"and provides for the transfer of an asylum seeker to that Member State.
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Bad news for them then, as under the Dublin act we would just send them back to France/ Italy/Greece etc.
Whereas after we have left it will be back to Sudan or wherever