The UK government is planning to add India and Georgia to its list of so-called “safe countries” where migrants can be sent, in a move branded “dangerous” for LGBTQ+ people.
It would mean people who arrive in Britain could be returned to the countries without having their asylum or human rights claims properly considered in the UK.
Former home secretary Suella Braverman said in November that expanding the government’s ‘safe’ countries list would allow it to “more swiftly remove people with no right to be here and [send] a clear message that if you come here illegally, you cannot stay”.
