Being gay or a woman is not enough to apply for asylum, says Suella Braverman

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Fear of persecution for being gay or for being a woman is not enough to apply for asylum. Suella Braverman will address this in a keynote speech on Tuesday – using her visit to the United States to call on world leaders to change the situation. UN Refugee Convention.

Ms Braverman will controversially argue that channeled migrants should no longer be treated as refugees and say current asylum laws create a 'huge incentive' to illegal immigration.

The Interior Minister will use her speech to the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank in Washington DC, to outline a new international action plan to deal with the crisis.

>Ms Braverman will say the historic 1951 international protocol – the basis of the global asylum system which has been signed by 146 countries – should be reformed and replaced with something “fit for our times modern."

It comes as Rishi Sunak's plans to "stop the boats" - one of his key leadership promises - fail, with almost 24,000 migrants having crossed the Channel to aboard small boats this year.

In a bid to control crossings, it is expected to declare: "No one entering the UK by boat from France is fleeing imminent danger."

And it will add: " Let's be clear, there are large parts of the world where it is extremely difficult to be gay or to be a woman. Where individuals are persecuted, it is right that we offer them refuge.

“But we will not be able to maintain an asylum system if we are simply gay or female and fear discrimination in your country. The country of origin is sufficient to benefit from protection. >

Home Secretary Chris Philp said some people are falsely claiming they are being persecuted, saying "some people claim to be gay when they are not."

The minister deputy told Times Radio on Tuesday: "When I was immigration minister, I discovered a number of cases where people were pretending to be gay, presenting photos of themselves and some sort of partner of the same gender and upon further investigation it turned out to be a sibling, this was not the case. a same-sex partner. »

Mr. Philp also argued that the UN...