Gavin Mortimer Gavin Mortimer

Suella Braverman is right to take the UN to task on refugees

Suella Braverman (Credit: Getty images)

Suella Braverman is right. The United Nations Refugee Convention is no longer fit for purpose. As the Home Secretary will explain today in an address to the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank in Washington, the convention makes a mockery of genuine refugees.  

‘Simply being gay, a woman or fearful of discrimination’ is enough to qualify for refugee status, Braverman will tell her audience.

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