Is Suella prepared to break international law?

The News Agents

07-03-2023 • 29 mins

The Tories have produced - at last count - over forty different failed policies to stop channel crossings.

Today, Suella Braverman came up with the latest.

It will prevent anyone arriving here by small boat from claiming asylum or doing so in the future. And it promises to detain them for 28 days after which they will be returned.

Without quite explaining where... or how.

We ask if this desperate measure will break the Geneva Convention - the UN Convention of Human Rights - and talk to former Labour Home Secretary Jack Straw.

You can watch our episodes in full at https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/brands/news-agents/the-news-agents/

The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.

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