Rejected petition Seize boats used to transport illegal immigrants

It is possible that the same boats are being used over and over again. Seizing the boats prevents transporting more illegal immigrants.

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Government wants to stop the boats. Here is a straight forward strategy to do exactly that. Especially as the boats are usually overloaded with too many people on board which is very unsafe.

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The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 grants powers to Border Force to seize and dispose of vessels used to facilitate irregular entry by sea to the UK:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-and-borders-bill-border-force-powers-to-stop-and-seize-small-boats-factsheet/nationality-and-borders-bill-border-force-powers-to-stop-and-seize-small-boats-factsheet

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