Breaking Convention - Border Force endangering lives at sea
by Helen Barber A second suspected asylum seeker has been found drowned in the Channel in two months. This tragedy follows the death of a 27-year-old Eritrean man, who lost his life last month whilst trying to make the crossing in a raft which sank off the coast of Dunkirk. The tragic death comes as legal experts have questioned the legality of the Government’s new controversial ‘pushback’ strategy to start turning away the boats of asylum seekers mid-Channel, to prevent them