Rescuing migrants at sea could lead to prison under new UK law
UK's Nationality and Borders Bill could override Unclos and Solas, making it a crime to ‘facilitate the arrival or attempted arrival’ of people if there are grounds to think they will claim asylum
‘If you are in the situation where whatever you do is an offence, it is hard to see how it would be in the public interest to prosecute,’ says legal expert
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