According to Votler Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the new American border control measures contravened fundamental rights.
The new American border control measures risk undermining fundamental human rights, warned Wednesday, January 11 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk.
“The right to seek asylum is a human right, regardless of where people come from, their migration status or how they arrived at the border“, said Volker Türk in a statement, stressing that these measures would “against the prohibition of collective expulsions and the principle of non-refoulement“.
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