ILLEGAL
MIGRATION BILL - INTERNATIONAL
News: The U.K.’s illegal
migration Bill on its way to becoming law
What's
in the news?
● The
U.K. House of Lords passed the
Illegal Migration Bill.
● The
law will make it the Home Secretary’s duty to remove illegal migrants from the
U.K.
Key
takeaways:
● It
significantly changes existing protections for asylum seekers.
Need
of the Bill:
● Rise of anti-immigrant
sentiments.
● Protecting
U.K. jobs.
● Rise
in numbers of asylum seekers due to pandemic and economic distress.
● Displacement
caused by Russia – Ukraine war.
Bill
proposals:
● It
would deny migrants the right to bail or
judicial review for the first 28 days of their immigration detention.
● Remove
those arriving in the U.K. illegally, either to Rwanda or another “safe” third
country.
● Cap
on the number of refugees through “safe and legal routes”
Concerns
of the Bill:
● Against
the law of the UNHCR refugee convention
that Britain is a signatory.
● Transport
asylum seekers to a third country criticized as neo-colonialism