Yesterday the Prime Minister set out the Government's new Illegal Migration Bill to crack down on illegal Channel crossings, taking the next step to deliver on our promise to stop the boats.
The Prime Minister's new plan ensures that those who come here illegally are detained and swiftly removed. The Government is delivering a ground-breaking approach that is tough but fair so that if you 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, meaning 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 demonstrate they face a real risk of ‘serious and irreversible harm’ in the specific safe country they are being sent to.
This new law will send a clear signal that if you come to this country illegally, you cannot claim asylum here – helping to break up the criminal gangs exploiting the system and delivering on our promise to stop the boats.