Tuesday 4 October 2022 10:30 AM New Home Secretary Suella Braverman will BAN Channel migrants from claiming ... trends now
View
comments
Suella Braverman will today announce plans for a new blanket ban on Channel migrants and anyone else entering the UK illegally from claiming asylum.
The new Home Secretary will seek to stamp authority on a key policy area as the number of people crossing in small boats reaches record levels.
She will will promise to allow 'the kind of immigration that grows our economy' but 'end abuse of the rules' as she addresses activists at the Conservative Party conference.
She will pledge to step up efforts to stem the flow of people risking their lives to cross the English Channel.
This includes working to increase the level of interceptions carried out by the French, providing further British support and co-operation to tackle the criminal gangs responsible, and making use of the powers in the Nationality and Borders Act to prosecute those who enter the UK illegally.
According to the Times, she will set out proposals for a bill on illegal immigration that goes further than existing legislation, the report said, adding that the law is designed to create a
