Suella Braverman: No migrants crossing the English Channel are in imminent peril

Mrs Braverman will tell a Washington DC audience on Tuesday that offering asylum to a person because they are gay, a woman or fearing discrimination in their home country is not sustainable

Suella Braverman will give a speech in the US calling for reform of the UN Refugee Convention (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

British home secretary Suella Braverman will use a speech in the US to declare that no migrant crossing the English Channel to Britain is in “imminent peril”.

Mrs Braverman is expected to say that “seeking asylum and seeking better economic prospects are not the same thing” as she takes aim at the United Nations’ Refugee Convention.