What is in the government’s migrant bill?
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has confirmed the government’s intention to house migrants in military bases.
It comes against the wider backdrop of the government’s planned legislation on migration, which was brought forward after PM Rishi Sunak announced at the start of the year that one of his key priorities was to “stop the boats”.
What comes in the bill?
- People removed from the UK will be blocked from returning or seeking British citizenship in future
- Migrants will not get bail or be able to seek judicial review for the first 28 days of detention
- There will be a cap on the number of refugees the UK will settle through “safe and legal routes” – set annually by Parliament
- A duty on the home secretary to detain and remove those arriving in the UK illegally, to Rwanda or a “safe” third country – this will take legal precedence over someone’s right to claim asylum
- Under-18s, those medically unfit to fly, or those at risk of serious harm in the country they are being removed to will be able to delay removal