Britain's parliament introduced a new bill that would have migrants who enter the U.K. 'promptly removed, either to their home country or a safe third country.' Parliament sees this as a way of removing the 'incentive' to travel to the U.K. in small boats
Hundreds of people in London take a stand against a bill proposed by the government on Monday.
The British government explains on its website that the bill will detain those seeking asylum who have arrived illegally into the country and that they will beThis is, according to the government, a way of removing the “incentive” to travel across the English Channel to the U.K. in small boats. The plan is also designed to address the rising number of people seeking asylum who do not have a legal claim to do so.
Over the past few years, there’s been a dramatic rise in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel, the waterway separating the U.K. from mainland Europe. According to statistics from the British government,were detected as having arrived on small boats in 2022. This was a 60% increase from the previous year.
This rise has prompted the British government’s ruling party to introduce the migration bill in a bid to curtail the number of migrants heading to the U.K. Last year, the government proposed a policy that would send illegal migrants and asylum seekers to a detention center in Rwanda. Just before the first flight was to leave England for Rwanda, however,
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