United Nations refugees chief Filippo Grandi stated the brand new legal guidelines may break each the letter and spirit of worldwide refugee conventions to which Britain is a signatory. He stated he was upset the nation was seeking to shut its doorways to asylum-seekers and provides refugees a lesser standing, with the fixed menace of removing. “Wide-ranging inadmissibility rules have the potential to deny refugees their right to seek asylum in the UK,” he added. “Such provisions are potentially at variance with the Refugee Convention.” Oxfam’s head of presidency relations, Mr Sam Nadel, referred to as the brand new law “heinous” and a “devastating blow for families fleeing conflict and persecution”. “The government should be protecting, not punishing, refugees,” he added. Britain in March relaxed its immigration necessities for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion, after criticism it was not going far sufficient to accommodate refugees. According to the newest authorities fig