Labor's new legislation on small boats is said to retain a number of controversial measures that the party was previously against, including a ban on migrants who claim modern slavery protection and powers to hold children.
The border protection, asylum and immigration account that is published on Thursday is expected to contain new powers in terrorism style to focus on human smugglers, including the seizure of mobile phones and financial assets.
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to use the legislation to “break the gangs” and considerably reduce the number of people who are coming in the UK, with more than a thousand people who have arrived in the UK this year via a small one boat.
While Labor previously accused the tories of throwing away slavery protection during their 2023 illegal migration law – against which the party has repeatedly voted – the new bill is said to not reverse a number of measures in the old bill.
According to TimeThe legislation is expected to contain a ban on illegal migrants who claim protection under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, as well as powers to hold child refugees for a maximum of 28 days.
Victims of modern slavery that arrived illegally in the UK were prevented from gaining access to the British National Referral Mechanism (NRM) under the legislation of the last government – the system for supporting and identifying victims.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (PA Wire)
Sir Keir Starmer said that the legislation would “manage a coach and horses” through protection for women who were traded to the UK as victims of modern slavery.
In the meantime, Jess Phillips – who is now in the government of Sir Keir, claimed as a security minister – that it was a “a dream of human dealers, a tool for their control”, because the modern victims of the British authorities effectively hide.
But the conservative government argued that the NRM was used unfairly by migrants to prevent deportation.
Mr. Sunak's illegal migration law also allowed not -compiled children to be held up for a maximum of eight days, and up to 28 if their age was disputed by the Home Office. It is also said that this will be stored in the new account.
Moreover, the government is expected to retain the limit about the number of migrants who can arrive at safe and legal routes every year – a measure that has told government sources Time was imposed to mitigate criticism from the conservatives and reform UK.
The legislation is expected to see the suspects of people who are being massaged against travel prohibitions and blackouts for social media as part of an attempt to combat organized immigration crime.
Judicial orders for the activities of those investigated for such crimes will be strengthened, with suspects confronted with prohibited on laptop or mobile phones, access to social media networks, associate with certain people or have access to their finances under the Measures announced by the Home Office.
Serious orders of crime prevention (SCPOs) can already be sought to curb the movement of people involved in organized immigration crime.
But the government said that the measures are not fully used and are planning to introduce new “interim” SCPOs designed to set “immediate” restrictions on the activity of suspects, while the courts are considering a full order.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “Dangerous criminal people smugglers benefit from undermining our border protection and endangering lives. They can't get away with it.
A group of people who are migrants are brought in to Dover, knows, from a border weather vessel after a small boot incident in the canal (Gareth Fuller/PA) (PA thread)
“In recent months, stronger international cooperation has already led to important arrests and action against dangerous gangs.
“We will give law enforcement stronger powers they need to pursue and to stop more of these mean gang networks.
“Border Security is one of the basis of the plan plan of this government, including improving people, delivering safer streets and strengthening our NHS, and we will do everything we can to deliver for working people.”
The home office is contacted for comment.
