Tuesday 4 October 2022 11:42 PM Suella Braverman eyes system of 'Nightingale courts' to prosecute migrants for ... trends now

Tuesday 4 October 2022 11:42 PM Suella Braverman eyes system of 'Nightingale courts' to prosecute migrants for ... trends now
Tuesday 4 October 2022 11:42 PM Suella Braverman eyes system of 'Nightingale courts' to prosecute migrants for ... trends now

Tuesday 4 October 2022 11:42 PM Suella Braverman eyes system of 'Nightingale courts' to prosecute migrants for ... trends now

Suella Braverman eyes system of 'Nightingale courts' to handle huge number of migrants facing prosecution for illegal entry Ministers plan to set up Nightingale courts to prosecute Channel migrants  Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants laws with jail terms of up to four years She said her ‘ultimate aspiration’ was to cut net migration to ‘tens of thousands Drones may be used to gather video evidence for prosecutions, it is understood

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Ministers plan to set up Nightingale-style courts to prosecute huge numbers of Channel migrants for illegal entry to the UK. 

Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants wider use of laws that allow jail terms of up to four years for anyone convicted of entering this country without permission, sources said. 

She is understood to be working with Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis to establish temporary courts to handle thousands of prosecutions, based on the Nightingale ones used to deal with a backlog of criminal cases in the pandemic. 

In addition, Nightingale-style detention centres will be built to house asylum seekers jailed under the plan. 

The Home Secretary told the Tory conference her ‘ultimate aspiration’ was to cut net migration to ‘tens of thousands’ – a goal abandoned three years ago. 

Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants wider use of laws that allow jail terms of up to four years for anyone convicted of entering this country without permission, sources said

Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants wider use of laws that allow jail terms of up to four years for anyone convicted of entering this country without permission, sources said

The Home Secretary told the Tory conference her ¿ultimate aspiration¿ was to cut net migration to ¿tens of thousands¿ ¿ a goal abandoned three years ago

The Home Secretary told the Tory conference her ‘ultimate aspiration’ was to cut net migration to ‘tens of thousands’ – a goal abandoned three years ago

She also appeared to criticise predecessor Priti Patel and former PM Boris Johnson for dishing out record numbers of visas to come to the UK. Her plan to prosecute most Channel migrants would represent a massive rollout of powers under the Nationality and Borders Act. 

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