Posted on 02/10/2025 9:39:33 AM PST by RandFan
What does the bill do?
We're expecting to hear the debate on the border security bill shortly - the draft law would give police and other enforcement agencies broader powers in a bid to help them tackle people smuggling.
Labour argues this will be a more effective way of clamping down on small boat crossings than the previous government’s scheme to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, which it scrapped.
It would also formally create a new post of Border Security Commander to act as a link between intelligence agencies, police and border force officials on the issue.
The bill would also permanently lift a ban introduced by the Conservatives in 2023 that barred unauthorised arrivals from claiming asylum.
Labour says this rule worsened the backlog of claims and prevented failed asylum seekers from being removed from the UK – but it has triggered a political row with the Tories.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Other parts include some new powers to police and a border force commander post..
I'll wait until Reform look at it and weigh in.
Dear UK...Britainistan.
Embrace it, because that’s where the left is taking you.
And sooner or later, war with Islam cometh.
Which side will you be on?
Like the bills introduced by the Rats here, it does the opposite of what the title says.
Similar playbook.
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