To stem the tide of people arriving in small boats along its southern coast, Britain announced on Tuesday that it would introduce new legislation to bar migrants who cross the English Channel from staying in the nation.
According to government statistics, Albanians make up the majority of those who travel this way and have more than doubled the number of persons coming to England over the last two years. The new five-point strategy for combating illegal immigration was unveiled by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who also detailed intentions to expand the number of caseworkers handling asylum claims and to expedite the deportation of Albanian asylum applicants.
Sunak told parliament, “If you enter the UK illegally, you shouldn’t be allowed to stay here.” Instead, you will be held and immediately sent either back to your place of origin or to a safe nation where your asylum request will be reviewed. Particularly in working-class areas of northern and central England, where immigrants are blamed for making it difficult to find jobs and straining public services, migrants landing on small boats has become a serious electoral issue for the Conservative government.
In the future, migrants will reside in abandoned tourist attractions, abandoned student residences, and ex-military facilities rather than hotels, according to Sunak, and the administration anticipated clearing the backlog of initial asylum judgments by the end of next year. British Home Secretary Suella Braverman recently referred to the influx of immigrants as an “invasion” and labeled many of them as “criminals,” which enraged Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Sunak predicted that hundreds of Albanians would return home during the next month.
The entrance of tiny boats has continued despite promises from several British governments to curb it. In a 2016 referendum, worries about immigration were a major factor in the decision to endorse Brexit, with supporters urging Britain to “take back control” of its borders. The public, according to Sunak, has the “right to be outraged,” and the current asylum-seeking process is unfair to people who have a good case. To seek to end the control of criminal organizations that profit from the suffering of others is neither harsh nor unkind, he said. “I’ve had enough.” To discourage people from entering in small boats, the British government earlier this year revealed intentions to deport migrants to Rwanda in addition to other initiatives.
Early in September, a collection of human rights organizations and a union filed a legal challenge against the policy in London’s High Court, arguing that it was both impractical and unethical. We anticipate hearing back shortly. In addition to announcing that the parliament will be requested to set quotas for how many people can be allowed for humanitarian reasons, Sunak declared that the government would restore flights to Rwanda.
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Even though the British asylum system frequently takes a long time to process requests, almost two-thirds of small-boat entrants whose cases have been looked at are fleeing war or persecution. Human rights organizations have decried the use of vehement language along the borders, which only accounts for a small portion of those entering the country.
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