Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman were heckled and told to "go away" while doing a short walkabout.
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Suella Braverman said it would “betray” British voters not to tackle the “waves of illegal migrants breaching our border” as she unveiled plans for new laws to crack down on Channel crossings.
The Home Secretary said legislation would be introduced to remove asylum seekers and ban them from re-entry if they arrive in the UK through unauthorised means. She told MPs: “For a Government not to respond to waves of illegal migrants breaching our borders would be to betray the will of the people we were elected to serve.”
Speaking in the Commons on Tuesday (March 7), Ms Braverman said: “They will not stop coming here until the world knows that if you enter Britain illegally you will be detained and swiftly removed. Removed back to your country if it is safe, or to a safe third country like Rwanda. And that is precisely what this Bill will do. That is how we will stop the boats.”
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Meanwhile Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Dover and will set out the plan during a press conference. Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper branded the Bill a “con” and described the plans as “Groundhog Day” in the wake of criticism from campaigners who said the proposed policy would be unworkable.
But Ms Braverman said the need for reform is “obvious and urgent” as the asylum system now costs the British taxpayer more than £3 billion a year. She said the Government has not “sat on its hands”, outlining measures already taken, but added: “We’re procuring accommodation, including on military land, to end the farce of accommodating migrants in hotels.
“Let’s be honest, it’s still not enough. In the face of today’s global migration crisis,
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman were heckled and told to "go away" while doing a short walkabout.
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Fatboy Slim has thrown his support behind Gary Lineker after the footballer turned pundit was asked to “step back” from his presenting duties at the BBC.Earlier this week, Home Secretary Suella Braverman outlined the government’s controversial plan to ban people arriving in the UK illegally from ever claiming asylum.Lineker responded, calling it an “immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”. Braverman then hit out at Lineker, saying that his comments “diminished the unspeakable tragedy” of the Holocaust.There is no huge influx.
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Gary Lineker will not face disciplinary action from the BBC following his controversial tweet, according to reports. On Tuesday, Gary, 62, commented on a Twitter video put out by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, in which she unveiled government plans to stop migrant boats crossing the Channel and said the UK is being "overwhelmed". As he re-shared the video, the Match of the Day host wrote: "Good heavens, this is beyond awful." In a later tweet, Gary added: "There is no huge influx.
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