Claim: Under the Geneva Convention refugees should seek refuge in the first safe country they come to.
Fact-check: Do refugees have to stay in the first safe country they reach? - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. the un refugee convention does not make this requirement of refugees, and uk case law supports this interpretation.  refugees can legitimately make a claim for asylum in the uk after passing through other "safe" countries.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2019-01-17T00:00:00