The British government on Wednesday launched plans for what it said would be the biggest overhaul of asylum rules in decades, saying the current system was “overwhelmed”.
“We’re looking at a range of options as to how we can reform the entire asylum system, and importantly for people that are fleeing persecution from terrible parts of the world,” she told the BBC. “If, like over 60 percent of illegal arrivals, they have travelled through a safe country like France to get here, they will not have immediate entry into the asylum system — which is what happens today,” she added.“We should not judge how worthy someone is of asylum by how they arrived here,” he said.
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