Rishi Sunak plans to ban Channel migrants from appealing deportation | Politics News
The Prime Minister is seeking to ban people arriving in the UK by small boat from appealing the deportation, Sky News understands.
Rishi Sunak has done the blocking of migrants across the Channel one of his five priorities in office, promising to introduce new legislation to “ensure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and quickly deported”.
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A report in The Times says the Home Office has now outlined two plans to stop people arriving this way from applying for asylum – or to withdraw their right to appeal the automatic exclusion from the system. asylum or only allow them to appeal after they have been deported .
The third proposal would prevent people from using the Human Rights Act to prevent their deportation, for example by claiming the right to a family life.
Sky News understands the report to be accurate.
A spokesman for the Home Office did not directly comment on the report, but said: “The unacceptable number of people risking their lives by making these dangerous intersections is causing stress. unprecedented directness to our asylum system.
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“Our priority is to stop this and stop these illegal border crossings, and our new Small Boat Operations Command – supported by hundreds of additional personnel – is working to to disrupt the business model of human traffickers.”
They added: “We are also going further by introducing legislation to ensure that those who arrive in the UK illegally are detained and promptly returned to their home country or a safe third country. .”