The Government’s latest promise to stop foreign s*x offenders from claiming asylum in the UK is already facing heavy backlash, with critics warning it won’t do what it says on the tin. Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he’s taking steps to “change the system”, but experts and MPS are lining up to say the move is more show than substance.
The backlash began almost immediately after Labour’s Monday announcement, with Conservative MP Chris Philp branding the move “deeply dishonest”. He claims Starmer’s plan won’t stop foreign criminals from staying in Britain, because they can still rely on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), specifically Article 3, which protects people from torture or inhuman treatment. That protection, Philp said, overrides refugee law and gives offenders another route to stay put. “Foreign criminals will just use ECHR Article 3 instead,” he said, reported the Express.
