![A group of people thought to be migrants are escorted to shore in the UK.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/uk-refugees-resettlement-asylum-immigration-laws-britain-politics-05302023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
The U.K. is the latest country in the Global North to prioritize resettlement schemes over accepting asylum-seekers who arrive at the border. In many ways, these approaches seem to criminalize vulnerable people. States can and should deal with the rising number of asylum-seekers making risky voyages in a more humane way.