nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200925-223532-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200925s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200925-223532-0 doi eng 342 23 Weil, Patrick Author aut Bad Role Models The UK’s Proposal to Pushback Asylum Seekers at Sea, the Australian Model, and International Law Weil, Patrick Verfassungsblog 2020-09-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Over the past several months, there has been an increase in asylum seekers and refugees crossing the English Channel in small inflatable boats. This prompted the UK government to propose stemming arrivals with an Australian-style approach: ‘pushing back’ boats to France before they can reach British territorial waters. The UK already funds France to prevent asylum seekers leaving French territory through ‘pullback’ measures. Such pushback and pullback practices likely violate several international refugee, human rights and law of the sea obligations. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 asylum European Court of Human Rights International Law Right to leave a country Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/bad-role-models/ raw object