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A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, after being rescued by the RNLI following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Friday December 9, 2022.
RISHI SUNAK unleashed another crackdown on asylum-seekers today, announcing plans for new legislation preventing small-boat arrivals from ever settling in Britain.
Refugee charities quickly condemned the measure and other related policies announced by the Prime Minister as “appalling” and “unspeakably cruel.”
Addressing the Commons, Mr Sunak said the new legislation would make it “unambiguously clear that if you enter the UK illegally, you should not be able to remain here.
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
