REFUGEES fleeing persecution and seeking a safe haven in Britain will be sent home as soon as their country of origin is “deemed safe” by the U.K. government.
The dramatic shift in asylum procedures is part of a secret policy being drawn up by the 15 European Union governments. It means that all refugees will be permanently labelled “temporary” asylum-seekers, and European governments will find it far easier to expel them.
Ministers and bureaucrats in the Council of the European Union have already drafted the E.U. directive which is due to come into force next June and which, according to civil liberties group Statewatch and legal experts, is in breach of the Geneva Convention.
Under the new plans, all successful and new refugee applicants across the E.U. will have their status constantly reviewed with the intention of terminating their asylum claim as soon as possible.
The plans will also make it easier to refuse asylum or revoke refugee status if individuals are seen as a “'danger to the security of the host country”. Under the draft directive, people will be refused refugee status if they have committed crimes with an allegedly political motive, even if these offences were directed at a repressive regime.
The dramatic shift in asylum procedures is part of a secret policy being drawn up by the 15 European Union governments. It means that all refugees will be permanently labelled “temporary” asylum-seekers, and European governments will find it far easier to expel them.
Ministers and bureaucrats in the Council of the European Union have already drafted the E.U. directive which is due to come into force next June and which, according to civil liberties group Statewatch and legal experts, is in breach of the Geneva Convention.
Under the new plans, all successful and new refugee applicants across the E.U. will have their status constantly reviewed with the intention of terminating their asylum claim as soon as possible.
The plans will also make it easier to refuse asylum or revoke refugee status if individuals are seen as a “'danger to the security of the host country”. Under the draft directive, people will be refused refugee status if they have committed crimes with an allegedly political motive, even if these offences were directed at a repressive regime.