Fear of being branded ‘racist’ hindering global asylum reform, says Braverman

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fears of being branded “racist” or “illiberal” is hindering states from reforming the global asylum rules, Suella Braverman has said. The speech saw Ms Braverman hit back at critics, arguing that concerns over immigration does not make one an “idiot” or a “bigot”. Any attempt to reform the Refugee Convention will see you smeared as anti-refugee Suella Braverman In the address, she said that the “cynical” reason that countries had together failed to reform the decades-old global asylum system was a “fear of being branded a racist or illiberal”. She added: “As if the UK doesn’t have a proud history of human rights dating back to Magna Carta, and the ECHR is all that is holding us back from becoming Russia.” It is no betrayal of my parents’ story to say that immigration must be controlled Suella Braverman Ms Braverman also referenced her own family background, acknowledging that some immigration is necessary but it needed to be controlled by states.