Javid under fire over 'illegal' cross-Channel asylum seekers claim

Refugee Council calls home secretary’s comments ‘deeply concerning’Lawyers and campaigners have criticised Sajid Javid after the home secretary appeared to suggest asylum seekers should be deterred from crossing the Channel in small boats by making it harder to gain asylum, a right enshrined in international law.The Refugee Council called the comments “deeply concerning” and said the suggestion of denying asylum was unlawful. The criticism was echoed by the shadow h