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"Rishi Sunak is to announce new laws stopping people entering the UK on small
boats from claiming asylum, with the prime minister saying: “Make no mistake,
if you come here illegally, you will not to be able to stay.”
The prime minister and his home secretary will launch the legislation this
week, as part of the government’s drive to “tackle illegal migration”, one of
its main priorities.
The new law, provisionally called the illegal migration bill, is expected to
try to make asylum claims inadmissible from those who travel to the UK on small
boats. It would involve a duty being placed on the home secretary to remove “as
soon as reasonably practicable”, to Rwanda or a “safe third country”, anyone
who arrives on a small boat. Those who arrive will also be prevented from
claiming asylum while in the UK, with plans to also ban them from returning
once removed.
The government’s attempts to deport people to Rwanda have been blocked by the
courts so far under human rights laws, and human rights campaigners have
heavily criticised the plans. So far no flights carrying people to the Rwandan
capital, Kigali, have departed.
However, the government appears to believe it has found a way round the legal
blocks, by applying a “rights brake” in the legislation. There are no details
as yet on how this would get around the UK’s obligations under the European
convention on human rights.
Sunak and the home secretary, Suella Braverman, are heading to France on Friday
for a summit with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, where the small boats
are expected to be discussed."
Copying the worst Australian policies and catchphrases, sadly.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
