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UK unveils 'counter-terror style' police powers to stop migrants

The new legislation makes it illegal to handle items suspected for use in an illegal crossing, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years, according to the Home Office.
The legislation includes offences carrying a prison sentence of up to five years, expected to become law by the end of the year.
Officials reported migrants using babies to stop others from boarding small boats, highlighting new counter-terror-style powers to combat gangs.
The package retains powers for longer detention of some migrants and restricts those claiming trafficking into slavery from staying in the UK.

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Financial Times

New UK asylum bill to criminalise those who seek to prevent small boat rescues - Business Fast

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government’s border security bill will lead to about 100 more people being sent to prison each year, according to internal government estimates, while criminalising asylum seekers who seek to prevent rescue operations at […]

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Channel 4

New ‘counter-terror style’ powers to tackle small boat gangs says Home Office

Border officials will be given new powers to go after people-smuggling gangs, to crack down on small boat crossings in the Channel.

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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GB News

Yvette Cooper unveils plan to cut illegal migration - but won't say by how much

A new Border security Bill will deliver on Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to “reduce” illegal migration using counter terror style powers, with results of this year, Yvette Cooper has told GBNews

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Bloomberg

UK Refuses to Set Target on Small Boats as New Laws Introduced

The UK government refused to commit to reducing the number of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats even as ministers put forward new legislation designed to do just that.

1 month ago·United States

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HuffPost UK

Labour Accused Of 'Criminalising' Refugees With Crackdown On Small Boat Crossings

Asylum seekers who refuse to stop for French authorities could be jailed for up to five years.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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The Sun

Watch Priti Patel as she’s confronted with proof migration soared while SHE was Home Secretary – sparking Kemi slapdown

TORIES were in turmoil tonight after Dame Priti Patel defended their record of eye-watering immigration. Kemi Badenoch brutally slapped down her Shadow Foreign Secretary for championing the party’s handling of the issue – which saw arrivals spike to historic levels. 3 Political Editor Harry Cole grills Dame Priti Patel 3 Immigration spiked under successive Tory governments Appearing on The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots show, Dame Priti tried to…

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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