he deaths of a couple and two of their children in the worst known migrant boat disaster in the English Channel did not come as a surprise to those who have long warned of the consequences of the UK’s current asylum policies.
Instead, it can be seen as the grim consequence of a system that only allows migrants to apply for protection once on UK soil, but erects ever-higher barriers to reaching it.
Almost exactly a year ago, parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee issued a stark warning to the government and urged it to expand legal pathways to claim asylum from outside Europe.
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