Member

The late noble and learned Lords, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood and Lord Bingham of Cornhill, helped establish this purposive interpretation of our common law. My Amendment 74 simply seeks to restore that position. The reality of today’s world means the refugee may need to transit an intermediate country. Even before my own days as a Home Office lawyer, we had carriers’ liability. The impact of this is that commercial carriers fear financial penalties. Airlines do not allow refugees to board safe planes directly from their country of persecution. If they did, refugees would not risk perilous journeys across the Mediterranean, the continent or the channel; smugglers are far more expensive than aeroplane tickets.