SUELLA BRAVERMAN was condemned for “shameful, cruel and dangerous” plans to overhaul international refugee conventions revealed in a speech in Washington today.

In the Trumpian address to right-wing think tank the American Enterprise Institute in the US capital, Ms Braverman claimed that millions of asylum-seekers are being incentivised to “try their luck” in a system that she said poses “an existential challenge for the political and cultural institutions of the West.”

The Home Secretary said fears of being branded racist or illiberal are hindering states from reforming the United Nations Refugee Convention.