British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a controversial new plan to stem the tide of illegal immigrants coming into the country. Sunak issued a warning, stating that anybody who enters UK unlawfully will not be allowed to claim asylum.
Rishi Sunak announces New Plan to stop surge of illegal immigrants
“If you come here illegally, you can’t claim asylum. You can’t benefit from our modern slavery protections. You can’t make spurious human rights claims and you can’t stay,”
“We will detain those who come here illegally and then remove them in weeks, either to their own country if it is safe to do so. Or to a Safe Third Country like Rwanda and once you are removed, you will be banned as you are in America and Australia from ever re-entering our country,”
The proposed law, known as the “illegal migration bill,” will crack down on people using small boats to cross the English Channel.
Suella Braverman, the interior minister, will have a new legal duty to deport all immigrants who enter the country illegally, such as through the English Channel, superseding any other rights they may have under UK and European human rights law.
Sunak stated,
“The current situation is neither moral nor sustainable. It cannot go on,” Rishi Sunak added.
“And it’s devastatingly unfair on those who most need our help, but can’t get it as our asylum system is being overwhelmed by those travelling illegally across the channel,”
Last year more than 4,50,000 migrants arrived on the shores of Britain
Using perilous routes that has been more popular every year since 2018, more than 45,000 migrants arrived on the shores of southeast England in small boats last year. This represents a 60% annual increase.
The new law has drawn criticism from rights groups and opposition parties who claim that it is unworkable and unfairly castigates vulnerable refugees.
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