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2024-05-18 12:20:03 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F2EB52D2250FFA7BF9C9E68FCB6886F89890E2F4A773827BBCEACF4D5811F0DF
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It isn’t illegal to seek asylum, because seeking asylum is a legal process. The 1951 Refugee Convention does not require a person to claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. People trying to cross the Channel can legitimately claim asylum in the UK if they reach it. https://www.unhcr.org/uk/about-unhcr/who-we-are/1951-refugee-convention
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