Asylum seekers who cross illegally from Europe face being moved to another country under new plans
ASYLUM seekers who cross the Channel illegally to reach Britain face being sent to another country – as Home Secretary Priti Patel plans a crackdown on unauthorised migration.
The new stance comes in a bid to stop people smugglers exploiting desperate migrants and putting their lives at risk.
Those who come to Britain from a safe country such as France will have their claims deemed ‘inadmissible’, according to The Daily Mail.
Patel wants to change the law so migrants can then be sent to a third country such as Turkey to await being returned to their home nation or the safe country they arrived from.
Discussions with several non-EU countries about taking the migrants in return for money have begun according to officials, similar to a controversial scheme operated by Australia.
Ministers are also set to create ‘legal safe routes’ for more refugees to come to the UK directly from war zones.
Those seeking asylum by crossing the Channel from France will be moved to a third country, in new plans poised to be launched by the Home Secretary.
Asked about the plans today, Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick insisted the Government wants to stamp out the evil people smuggling trade.
The housing secretary said: "It is extremely important we have a robust immigration system, and those people coming to the country to seek asylum can do so in safety.
"We don't want anyone's lives to be put at risk, we don't want people to be at the hands of people traffickers.
"We've seen people, including young children, dying making perilous crossings across the Channel.
"That isn't something we want to see, so if there are safer and better ways of doing that we should be exploring them and that's exactly what the Home Secretary is doing."
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The new “fair by firm” plans are designed to end illegal Channel crossings, and have been set out as part of the UK Sovereign Borders Bill.
Migrants arriving in the UK via illegal routes would remain in a third country until they could be repatriated, either to their home nation or the safe country they arrived from – a process that could take months or years.
A Home Office source said the move was designed to ‘break the link’ between getting in a dinghy or lorry in France and securing a new life in the UK.
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