Sat 04 March 2023:
The legislation that Rishi Sunak plans to pass will allow for the mass detention of thousands of asylum seekers who arrive in the UK in small boats, express reported.
The Prime Minister and Home Secretary Suella Braverman will announce next week plans to make all asylum claims from those who come to the UK on small boats inadmissible. Migrants will be barred from claiming asylum while in the UK and once removed they will be “permanently” banned from returning.
To stop the flow of migrants risking their lives to cross the English Channel and apply for asylum, Sunak and the Home Secretary are working together.
Braverman will remove “as soon as reasonably practicable” anyone who has come to the UK on small boats to Rwanda or another “safe third country”.
The current deal with Rwanda has been tied up in legal issues and Sunak is hoping to ensure this new plan is “legally watertight”.
At present, asylum seekers have the right to remain in the country to have their cases heard.
The Government, however, is likely to face significant legal and practical obstacles on the issue again.
There are concerns that it will be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Refugee Council has estimated that detaining the 65,000 people projected to cross the Channel this year would cost £219 million.
And there are uncertainties regarding how those migrants will be housed once they arrive in the UK.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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