“Anyone who enters this country illegally will be deported.”
British government wants to stop ferry passengers with new asylum law Human rights organizations see this as a violation of international law.
Preparations to cross the English Channel: Migrants take smugglers’ boat off the coast of northern France.
Photo: Samir Al Doom (AFP)
One of the promises Rishi Sunak At the beginning of the year: we stop the boats! The British Prime Minister refers to the boats used by smugglers who bring people illegally to Great Britain through the English Channel. According to the British government, 45,728 people came to the UK this way last year alone. It should be over by now.
With a new law, London wants to ensure that anyone who enters the country illegally is immediately deported – either to their home country or to a safe third country. They are said to be denied the right to seek asylum in Britain. Only if they are deported should their applications be heard and verified remotely.
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