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How does the UK government plan to stop the Channel crossings?

Newly proposed legislation would mean unauthorised arrivals will be prevented from claiming asylum and deported.

Al Jazeera

‘A revenge plan’: refugees and Dover residents react to illegal migration bill

Home secretary’s latest plan to curb small boats crossings across the Channel has been met with scepticism

The Guardian - UK

Sunak: ‘If you come here illegally, you can’t claim asylum’

The Prime Minister said bringing in new laws is ‘tough’ but ‘necessary and fair’.

The Independent UK

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‘Got to break cycle of criminal gangs’ enabling migrants across Channel, says PM

Rishi Sunak was speaking during a visit to a Home Office joint control centre in Dover on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Campaigners brand Bill to curb Channel crossings ‘unethical and impractical’

Charities and human rights organisations have condemned the Government proposals.

The Independent UK

What does the UK government’s bill on illegal immigration propose?

Ministers say the bill will stop people crossing the Channel in small boats but critics say the plans are unworkable

The Guardian - UK

The Channel migrant crisis – a timeline

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has set out plans to stop the small boats crossing from France.

The Independent UK

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Suella Braverman’s small boats crackdown is performative cruelty at its worst

UK government plans to remove ‘illegals’ will be chaotic, costly and cause untold human misery, says Refugee council chief executive Enver Solomon

The Guardian - UK

Most of those held after crossing Channel referred as potential slavery victims

Almost all of those who came under the National Referral Mechanism while awaiting return were later released from detention, the Home Office said.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman to introduce new laws in bid to stop migrant Channel crossings

The Home Secretary said legislation would be introduced to remove asylum seekers and ban them from re-entry if they arrive in the UK illegally

Manchester Evening News

UK says plan to stop Channel migrants pushes bounds of law

The U.K. government says it's ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman vows to stop migrant Channel crossings with new laws

The Home Secretary said it would ‘betray’ British voters not to tackle the ‘waves of illegal migrants’.

The Independent UK

Watch: Suella Braverman announces plan to stop illegal channel crossings

Watch the scene in the House of Commons as Suella Braverman announces her plan to stop illegal channel crossings.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Rishi Sunak chases easy headlines on migrant boats at his political peril

Rishi Sunak inherited a political position from Liz Truss that was probably hopeless — but if he has any hope at all, he has two. The first hope, which it is not in his gift to control, is that the economy might turn in time and that he might take…

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The Guardian - UK

UN refugee agency ‘profoundly concerned’ by UK’s illegal migration bill saying it amounts to an asylum ban – as it happened

UNHCR says bill extinguishes the right to seek refugee protection in the UK for those who arrive irregularly

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman: small boats plan will push boundaries of international law

Rishi Sunak says bill will ‘take back control of our borders’ but critics argue the proposals are unworkable

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain to Detail Plan to Ban Asylum for Channel Migrants

Britain's government will on Tuesday set out plans for a new law barring those entering the country through unofficial routes from claiming asylum, in a bid to stop tens of thousands of migrants arriving on its shores in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping boat arrivals one…

The Guardian - UK

Forty-three times the Conservatives tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

From jetski patrols to Rwanda deportations, the Tories have not been short of schemes to deter small boats

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The Independent UK

Sunak small boats plan will ‘push boundaries of international law’, says Braverman

Home secretary to be placed under new legal duty to deport people coming across Channel

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: 43 ways the Conservatives have tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

In today’s newsletter: As Rishi Sunak unveils new plans to solve the small boats crisis, here’s a guide to dozens of previous initiatives that have fallen short

The Guardian - UK

Braverman seeks to backdate Channel crossings law amid fears of rush

Proposed law, criticised as cruel and unworkable, could be made to apply retrospectively from Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak resorts to Channel 'gimmick' as he fails to get France to take back arrivals

The Prime Minister will travel to Paris on Friday, but has failed to persuade French President Emmanuel Macron to take back asylum seekers who cross the Channel

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak's small boats plans will cause 'extra pain and misery', claims SNP MP

The UK Government is set to outline plans which will prevent people who cross the Channel illegally from being able to claim asylum.

The Independent UK

Small boat crossings of the English Channel: Key numbers

Albanians accounted for 45% of crossings in July-September 2022 but only 9% in October-December.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak hit by backlash at bid to end small boat crisis

Plan to stop boats won’t work, says Tory heavyweight

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