Member

We need to understand, and perhaps the Minister can confirm, to what extent this increase in refusals is a result of the interpretation of the refugee convention in Sections 30 and 38 of the Nationality and Borders Act. We do not yet know how people are going to deal with appeals under the new arrangements, but it seems unrealistic that the UK will be able to return Afghans or Eritreans in large numbers, even if the system upholds any of the refusals.