Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure there is much of value that I can add, except that I would still reiterate the principled approach as well, in that the premise of the safe third country agreement is that the country that individuals are being returned to is, in fact, safe. We have credible evidence

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To a great extent, it is about predictability. It's also about consistency. I think about my students who want to work in international aid, yet you can only get a one- or two-year contract because your job is dependent on the funding cycle. It also means that a huge amount of ef

Citizenship and Immigration committee  One of the options that has been raised is looking at the idea of providing temporary protection to people. Perhaps states would be more willing to offer protection if they didn't feel there was going to be a permanent impact on their society. I have some reservations about that

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much for the question. I will refer to Professor Macklin's comments on this as well, in that we don't have any real evidence that doing away with the safe third country agreement would in fact create any huge influx. We've had a substantial influx of people over t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. I'd first like to thank you for the invitation to appear here. It is a privilege. I am a lawyer by training. In fact, Professor Macklin was my master's adviser years ago. Many years ago I also worked here at the Department of Justice. I am also a professor o