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Why does the UK Home Secretary want international migration law overhauled?

The Inside Story Podcast
The Inside Story Podcast
Episode • Sep 27, 2023 • 23m

The UK's interior minister says the international asylum system is outdated and needs to be reformed. Her views have been strongly rejected by the United Nations and human rights organisations. So what's behind them and do they have any support? 

 

Join Host Mohammed Jamjoom 

Guests: 

Steve Valdez-Symonds - Director of Refugee and Migrants Rights, Amnesty International UK.

Shabia Mantoo - Global spokesperson, United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR.

Tim Bale - Professor of politics, Queen Mary University of London. 

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