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We are working to strengthen borders, tackle organised immigration crime, overcome rigid legal barriers to removal, and overhaul the system.","details":"We have a duty to prevent loss of life and to protect our borders. That’s why we are doing everything we can to stop these dangerous and illegal Channel crossings and all forms of clandestine entry and bring to justice the criminals behind them.\n\nThe UK has long been a sanctuary for those in need of international protection, but the UK Government is clear that those in genuine need should seek that protection in the first safe country that they reach. France is such a safe country, with a fully functioning asylum system – over 100,000 asylum claims lodged last year; EU Member States are manifestly safe countries. People needing to seek protection who are in France can and should claim asylum there. They have no reason to travel in a highly dangerous way to the UK instead. 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This year alone, over 3,000 crossing attempts were stopped by the French authorities – nearly 50% of all attempts. But more needs to be done.\nBorder Force has a Cutter and two Coastal Patrol Vessels patrolling the Channel, monitoring and securely escorting any small boats evading French partners.  Safety of life at sea is paramount, so our focus is on preventing crossings and rapidly returning those who do get across. We intend to use legislation and reach further agreement with the French Government to develop our tactical response. Our goal is to render use of small boats unviable by linking this with an inability to remain in the UK.\n\nThe UK has obligations under the Refugee Convention and, until the end of this year, the Common European Asylum System.  Where the UK is responsible for determining a claim, it must do so fully even if these appear unsubstantiated, suspect, or made in order to overturn otherwise sound immigration decisions.  Accounts which may appear dubious or self-serving cannot be simply dismissed without due process under domestic and international law.\n\nThere are a number of legal routes for migration. Denying the use of dangerous routes from safe third countries does not deny people the right to seek asylum in those countries. We are clear that if a migrant has chosen to evade immigration control or enter the UK illegally, then they can have no expectation of remaining in the absence of a genuine claim for UK protection, but the current operation of the Human Rights Act 1998, EU’s Common European Asylum System, and in particular the Dublin Regulation, make that a cumbersome and lengthy process. At the end of the transition Period in January 2021, however, we will be free of the Dublin Regulation and the Common Asylum System and will be able to negotiate new returns agreements on our own terms. 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We will bring forward legislation next year, in the biggest overhaul of our asylum system in decades.\n\nHome Office","created_at":"2020-10-08T11:03:27.321Z","updated_at":"2020-10-08T11:03:27.321Z"},"debate":{"debated_on":"2020-10-19","transcript_url":"https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-10-19/debates/2CE297BF-23A7-4F42-9100-F2DDB62FF085/Immigration","video_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlQNZQ86tpM","debate_pack_url":"https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2020-0112/","overview":"","public_engagement_url":null,"debate_summary_url":null},"departments":[{"acronym":"HO","name":"Home 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The Government's consultation on those proposals ended earlier this month. \n\nThese proposals focus on protecting and supporting those in genuine need of asylum, deterring criminal trafficking networks and illegal entry into the UK, and more easily removing people without the right to live in the UK.\n\nThe Government intends to introduce a new Bill into Parliament to make these changes, which will be published in due course.\n\nRead more about the Government's plans here:\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/new-plan-for-immigration\n\nRead the Queen's Speech background briefing notes for more information on the Government's proposed Bill:\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/queens-speech-2021-background-briefing-notes\n\nWhat is the Queen's Speech?\n\nThe Queen's Speech is the speech that the Queen reads out in the House of Lords Chamber on the occasion of the State Opening of Parliament. \n\nIt's written by the Government and sets out the programme of Bills - new laws, and changes to existing laws - that the Government intends to put forward in this new Parliamentary session. A session of Parliament usually lasts around one year.\n\nOnce the Government puts forward a Bill in Parliament, Parliament then debates the Government's proposal and decides whether to adopt the changes to the law set out in the Bill.","occurred_on":"2021-05-14","created_at":"2021-05-14T12:27:26.881Z","updated_at":"2021-05-14T12:27:26.881Z"},{"subject":"MPs to debate proposals for new laws relating to nationality and borders","body":"On 19 and 20 July, MPs will debate the Nationality and Borders Bill. According to the Government, the Bill has three main objectives:\n\n• To increase the fairness of the system to better protect and support those in need of asylum;\n• To deter illegal entry into the United Kingdom, thereby breaking the business model of people smuggling networks and protecting the lives of those they endanger; and\n• To remove more easily those with no right to be in the UK.\n\nThis debate will be the Bill's Second Reading, following its First Reading on 6 July.\n\nWatch the debate (starting some time after 3pm on Mon 19 July): https://parliamentlive.tv/Commons\nRead the debate transcript (available a few hours after the debate has finished): https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-07-20\nRead the Bill: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0141/210141.pdf\nRead the Bill's explanatory notes: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0141/en/210141en.pdf\n\nWhat is the Second Reading of a Bill?\n\nThe Second Reading is normally the first opportunity for a Bill to be debated in either the House of Commons, or the House of Lords, and is the stage where the overall principles of the Bill are considered. \n\nIf MPs vote in favour of the Bill at Second Reading, it moves on to the next stage of the legislative process, known as Committee Stage. At Committee stage, a Bill is considered line-by-line by MPs, and changes known as amendments can be made.","occurred_on":"2021-07-13","created_at":"2021-07-13T14:17:06.707Z","updated_at":"2021-07-13T14:17:06.707Z"}]}}}