Rhetoric and refugees

Tim Farron  |  Features  |  politics & policy
Date posted:  1 Sep 2023
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Rhetoric and refugees

Before summer recess, Parliament passed the controversial Illegal Migration Bill, an attempt to stop thousands of small boat crossings from France to the UK.

Criminal gangs are profiteering from desperate people who risk their lives in flimsy dinghies. Everyone agrees they should be stopped.

Through this legislation, the Government aims to create such a deterrent, by detaining everyone arriving this way on arrival. Those who claim asylum will not have their case considered in the UK but will be removed to a third country, such as Rwanda.

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