As UK hesitates to provide refuge to Sheikh Hasina, UAE, Finland emerge as new travel options | World News
Sheikh Hasina was contemplating travelling to London to seek temporary political asylum. However, the UK government has said that British immigration rules do not allow individuals to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge.
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina
New Delhi: As the UK appears to hesitate to provide refuge to former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, she is now considering new travel options. Hasina who landed in India on Monday is likely to stay in the country for the next couple of days as the UK indicated hesitation to provide her refuge.
Hasina was contemplating travelling to London to seek temporary political asylum. However, the UK government has said that British immigration rules do not allow individuals to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge. It also said individuals who need international protection should seek asylum “in the first safe country they reach”.
The UK government indicated that Hasina may not get legal protection against any possible probe into the massive violent protests in her country. Under the British immigration rules, it is not possible to apply for asylum from outside the UK and each asylum claim is carefully considered on its individual merits on a case-by-case basis.
Hasina may consider moving to these countries
As Hasina’s travel plan to London hit a roadblock, she is now considering other travel options. It is learnt that Hasina has family members in Finland as well and that is why she also considering leaving for the northern European country. She is also mulling over other travel destinations including the United Arab Emirates, Belarus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, according to sources.
Hasina landed at the Hindon airbase on Monday in a C-130J military transport aircraft hours after resigning as the prime minister amid political unrest in her country. In a statement in Parliament, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Hasina decided to resign after a meeting with leaders of the security establishment and requested for approval “at very short notice” to come to India “for the moment.”
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