Braverman Not Ruling out UK Leaving Refugee Convention as UNHCR Rejects Call for Reform

The home secretary insisted the government will do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop the smuggling of immigrants across the English Channel.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman delivers a keynote address on global migration challenges at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, during her three-day visit to the United States on Sept. 26, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Suella Braverman has refused to rule out taking the UK out of a global refugee agreement as the United Nations’ human rights arm rejected her call to reform the charter on Tuesday.

In a speech to the think tank the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, the home secretary said developed nations have “no capacity to meet more than a fraction of” the demand for immigration.