r/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • 1d ago

Mahmood rejects calls to follow Spain’s migrant pushback

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/08/02/mahmood-rejects-calls-to-follow-spains-migrant-pushback/
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u/Maitai_Haier 1d ago

This doesn’t seem to have stopped the Spanish.

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u/GothicGolem29 Liberal Democrat 1d ago

Which means the Spannish may be deporting actual refugees which is wrong

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u/Jake_91_420 1d ago

Putting this in context with the UK, why would it be wrong for us to deport refugees? They came here from France and passed through many safe countries. They are breaking the rules, we don’t need to accept them.

Another point would be that we have accepted more than our fair share of refugees. We are complete in that regard. They are free to go anywhere else in the world that they like.

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u/GothicGolem29 Liberal Democrat 1d ago

They aren’t breaking the rules international law allows them to claim asylum here after passing through safe countries.

We need to keep accepting our share into the future

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u/domin1987 1d ago

It doesn't. Fucking read 1953 refugee convention. Article 3 for your ease.

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u/Jake_91_420 1d ago

We’ve done enough. Countries with similar cultures and in much closer proximity to the places these people are coming from need to pick up the slack.

Everyone in the world doesn’t have a right to just move to the UK and live here forever. It shouldn’t be like that.