The Home Secretary has today outlined the Government’s tough new Illegal Migration Bill, in the House of Commons. Jack Brereton MP has given his full backing to this new tougher approach to end dangerous small boat crossings in the English Channel and deport those who have no right to be here.
There has been outcry and demand from the British public for the Government to tackle the ongoing crisis, especially in cities like Stoke-on-Trent have been impacted by the huge pressures on accommodation and services. In response, the Prime Minister and Home Secretary have announced numerous new measures in the Illegal migration Bill being the next stage of action to stop small boats and enable the deportation of those here illegally.
The Prime Minister and Home Secretary are pursuing a novel and ambitious approach that goes further than any previous immigration bill, making sure that for those who enter the UK illegally:
- You will be detained immediately and removed to a safe country within weeks
- You will not be able to claim asylum in the UK – instead your claim will be heard in Rwanda or another safe third country. This means the 90 per cent of arrivals who claimed asylum in 2022 would no longer be able to stay in the UK
- You will not be able to access the modern slavery system in the UK. You will only be able to delay removal if you are required by UK law enforcement to cooperate with an investigation or prosecution
- You will have no ability to make spurious and late claims to frustrate removal
- Any human rights claims will be heard after removal, with the only exception to this being an extremely small number of claimants able to show ‘compelling’ evidence they face a ‘real risk’ of ‘serious and irreversible harm’ in the specific safe country they are being sent to.
Jack Brereton, Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South, has made clear the importance of this issues to people in Stoke-on-Trent and announced his full support for the Bill. Speaking in the House of Commons, Jack said:
“People in Stoke-on-Trent are fed-up of being ignored and having their generosity taken for granted. I fully support these measured being introduced, and will my Right Honourable friend confirm that these actions will be taken swiftly, and we will see deportations of those here illegally as soon as possible?”
In response, the Home Secretary said:
“The matter is now urgent and we need to move quickly. That is why we’ve brought the bill forward today, we hope to proceed with a swift timetable in Parliament. I urge all members of parliament to support this bill, to scrutinise it affectively. But we want to get on, get the powers on the statutory book, and deliver them in material terms as soon as possible.”
Over 60 Labour MPs have previously written to the Government outlining their opposition to the removal of foreign national offenders, preferring them to remain in the UK to commit further serious offences. Numerous opposition Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP MPs expressed in the House today their opposition to the Government’s new tough approach to tackling illegal migration and that they would now try to block these new laws.
Following the introduction of the Bill today, Jack Brereton MP has expressed his support for the growing public demand to take back control of UK boarders and end illegal and dangerous boat crossings. Jack said:
“People in Stoke-on-Trent have repeatedly raised concerns with me about illegal immigration and the huge pressures it is putting on our area. Stoke-on-Trent has done more than our fair share and more than most areas in providing accommodation to asylum seekers and refugees which has impacted on local services. I have repeatedly raised these concerns in Parliament and so I fully support the tough new approach taken today with the publication of new laws to tackle illegal migration. These measures will finally deliver on what people in Stoke-on-Trent want to see - ending the abuse of our immigration system, proper deterrence to dangerous small boat crossings and deporting those who have no right to be here.”
You can read the Home Secretaries full statement to the House of Commons here: Home Secretary statement on the Illegal Immigration Bill - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
