The plans have been challenged in the courts numerous times, with a flight that was practically ready to take off from UK soil grounded. The plan is that under the Illegal Migration Bill, asylum seekers would be removed to Rwanda if they couldn't be sent to their country of origin to potentially be granted refugee status to stay in Rwanda, or be able to claim asylum in a "safe third country". The policy of deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda was first proposed in April last year by former home secretary Priti Patel under Boris Johnson's premiership - and not one person has yet been sent there. So although the legislation has passed, it is unclear whether it has been a success. There remains significant discomfort on both sides of the chamber over the limits imposed on modern slavery claims, as well as the treatment of children. It also did not sail smoothly through parliament - ministers were forced to make concessions on protections for LGBT+ people facing deportation and a move to require the consideration of asylum claims from migrants arriving by illegal routes, if they have not been removed from the UK within six months. The bill aims to act as a deterrent to people who may want to cross the Channel on a small boat, and it is too early to assess whether it has been a success. Limits legal routes for appeal against a removal order.Bans illegal migrants from returning to the UK in the future.Gives the home secretary the duty to remove illegal immigrants to their home country or a safe third country like Rwanda (we'll come back to that).Makes anyone arriving in the UK illegally ineligible to claim asylum.
This legislation has been one area in which ministers have been successful - the Illegal Migration Bill (eventually) passed both Houses of Parliament and became law two weeks ago. So let's step back for a moment - what policies are the government implementing, and how successful have they been? The government claims it is getting a grip of the problem, and a minister told Sky News this morning opposition parties and lawyers are to blame for the difficulties in actually reaching the goal. We have been reporting in recent months the many setbacks the government is experiencing in meeting one of Rishi Sunak's five pledges - to "stop the boats" crossing the Channel.
0 kommentar(er)
