BRUSSELS, March 9 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Home Office Commissioner, Ylva Johansson, reiterated this Thursday that her first impression upon hearing about the UK Government’s project to process a law to “rapidly” deport anyone arriving via the irregular migration route to the UK was that such a rule “could violate ” International law.

“I hope this respects international agreements and the Geneva Conventions, but I have to say that my initial impression was there might have been a breach. But, of course, we will analyze it further (in detail) before making further statements,” said Johansson. at a press conference in Brussels, at the end of a meeting of EU interior ministers.

The commissioner, whose words about his doubts about the legality of the UK bill irritated London on Wednesday, has repeated his analysis, though noting that he barely knows the details of the regulation because he was briefed by telephone two days ago by UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

“My immediate reaction was to say that it could violate international treaties and the Geneva Conventions and he said that he hoped that was not the case,” finished the European commissioner, who on arriving at the meeting with 27 said he was confident that London had not broken the law.

Sweden’s interior minister and current EU presidency, Maria Malmer, avoided commenting directly on the UK case at the same news conference as Johansson, but defended adherence to international rules on asylum, while she has warned that “these types of ideas” are heard in different countries. as a “sign of frustration” because the current European system “doesn’t work”.

The British government introduced new legislation on Tuesday that seeks to “immediately” deport those who arrive on British territory, even if this means expulsion before completing an asylum request or deporting migrants to a third country, such as Rwanda.

Braverman advocated “stopping ships carrying tens of thousands of people ashore”, in which he introduced legislation that alarmed human rights organizations but, according to London, respected all of its Variable International Law.

The new rules stipulate that, until expulsion, migrants can remain detained for up to 28 days without appearing before a judge, while an annual quota will be set – yet to be determined – to limit the acceptance of refugees in the UK.