The new legislation will mean anyone who crosses the Channel in a small boat will be prevented from claiming asylum and deported either back to their homeland or to so-called safe third countries
Britain has set out details of a new law barring the entry of asylum seekers arriving in small boats across the Channel, a proposal some charities say could be impractical and criminalize the efforts of thousands of genuine refugees.
The Refugee Council charity said the law would leave genuine refugees “locked up in a state of misery” and compared the government’s approach to “authoritarian nations” such as Russia which have walked away from international human rights treaties. The legislation will enable the detention of illegal arrivals without bail, or judicial review, within the first 28 days of detention until they can be removed, she said, and those entering the country illegally would no longer be able to use anti-slavery laws to try to block removal.
While the number of applications for asylum in the U.K. hit a 20-year high of nearly 75,000 in 2022, it is still below the European Union average. Germany received more than 240,000 asylum applications last year. Last year, Britain agreed a deal to send tens of thousands of migrants more than 4,000 miles away to Rwanda.
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