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Most of those arriving by small boat to UK are refugees: UN
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LONDON, 03 June 2022, (TON): The UN’s refugee agency has rubbished UK claims that 70 percent of people arriving by small boat across the English Channel are single men who are effectively economic migrants.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has pushed the idea that it is overwhelmingly single men seeking work who make the crossing, repeatedly referring to them as migrants.
However, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said those arriving should be considered asylum seekers or refugees.
A spokesperson said “based on currently available Home Office data, the UN considers a clear majority of those recently arriving to the UK are likely to be refugees.”
Refugees and asylum seekers are not, and should not be described as migrants. Access to asylum should never be contingent on mode of arrival or nationality.
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