This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Arrest, charge, imprison, deport illegal migrants who cross the English Channel.
We have seen 43 illegal immigrants travel by dinghy across the Channel in the last 3 days. They have bypassed all the legal channels of migration and should be severely punished for their actions and deported. An example needs to be made to prevent fatal crossings and bodies washing up on UK beaches
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Not only are these people risking their own lives, they are also risking the lives of their accompanying young children who have no choice but to follow them. They are also putting the lives of our brave border force and our civillian lifeboat crews who have rushed away from their families at Christmas to save the lives of people fleeing a very safe country France.
In addition, all dinghy's need to be destroyed immediately and not stock piled to be stolen and used again.
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