Nationality and Borders Act ‘undermines’ refugee law, says UNHCR representative

A number of expert of UK and international asylum policy gave evidence to joint committee on human rights on Wednesday.

Vickey Tennant, a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, criticised the UK’s Nationality and Borders Act saying: “We believe that the approach that is set out in the Act undermines refugee law and practice. And we’d been very clear about that in our submissions as the bill was going through Parliament”.