United Kingdom On Tuesday, it said it planned to introduce new legislation to prevent migrants crossing the English Channel from remaining in the country, as the government tries to control an increase in small boat arrivals on its south coast. tries to
The number of people arriving in England via the Channel has more than doubled in the past two years, with Albanians the most frequent route, according to government figures.
Prime Minister Rishi Singh announced a new five-point strategy to tackle illegal immigration, including plans to fast-track the return of Albanian asylum seekers, and around 150,000 asylum seekers by the end of next year. including doubling the number of cases. of case workers
“If you enter the UK illegally you should not be able to stay here,” Sink told parliament. “Instead, you will be detained and quickly returned to your country of origin or a safe country where your asylum claim will be considered.”
Migrants arriving on small boats have become a major political issue for the Conservative government, particularly in working-class areas of northern and central England, where migrants are blamed for difficulty finding work and expanding public services. It is held.
Sink said a new unit would be created to deal with crossings, and that in future migrants would be housed in unused holiday parks, former student accommodation and surplus military sites rather than hotels.
Home Secretary Svella Braverman, the UK’s home secretary, recently called the wave of arrivals an “assault” and many migrants as “criminals”, prompting an angry response from Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. .
Sink said thousands of Albanians would return home in the coming months.
‘The right to be angry’
Successive British governments have promised to stop the influx of small boats. Despite this, a record 44,867 people crossed the Channel on small boats to enter the UK this year.
Concern over immigration levels was a driving force in the vote for Brexit in the 2016 referendum, with supporters calling for the UK to “take back control” of its borders.
Sink said the public “has a right to be angry” and said the current system is unfair to those who have a genuine case for asylum.
“It is not cruel or cruel that criminals want to strangle gangs that trade in human suffering,” he said. “enough.”
The announcement was warmly welcomed by most conservative members of parliament, who fear the government could face defeat in the next election if it fails to address the issue.
Some Conservative lawmakers, such as former minister Simon Clarke, wanted the government to go further and consider leaving the European Convention on Human Rights next year to design new policies if the government’s latest strategy fails to stop crossings. It should be made easy.
Opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer said the last time the government changed the immigration system it had made it worse, while some charities said the problem would continue as long as the government left the UK. Does not allow asylum claims abroad.
Earlier this year the British government announced plans to send migrants to Rwanda, among other efforts, in the hope it would act as a deterrent to those arriving in small boats.
The policy was the subject of a legal challenge in London’s High Court in early September when a coalition of human rights groups and a trade union argued that Rwanda’s policy was unworkable and unethical. A decision is expected on Monday.
Sink said the government was resuming flights to Rwanda and announced that parliament would be asked to set a quota on how many people could be admitted for humanitarian reasons.
Although the UK’s asylum system is often slow to process claims, around two-thirds of small boat arrivals whose cases have been examined are genuine refugees.