Is there not a prior point that if someone has a genuine, well-founded fear of persecution by the state to which they might return, they have a near absolute right to claim refugee status in this country under the 1951 convention?
Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jack Straw
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 30 January 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.
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