The Government is reviewing plans to fast-track the removal of asylum seekers from designated “safe” countries in an effort to tackle the Channel migrant crisis, it has been reported. According to The Times, Home Secretary Suella Braverman is looking at resurrecting a list of countries deemed by the Home Office to be safe.
Asylum claims of citizens from those countries would largely be regarded as unfounded, unless they are able to provide contrasting evidence. There would be no right to appeal for rejected claimants. The paper says the plans would emulate a New Labour policy from the early 2000s in which asylum claimants from so-called “white-list” countries would have their applications dealt with in less than 10 days.
Migrants arriving in small boats from one of the countries deemed safe would reportedly be detained at the Manston processing site in Kent, or at other reception centres, as their asylum claims are expedited.
