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‘If you come here illegally, you will not be able to stay’: Sunak pledges to stop small boat crossings
Rishi Sunak to end asylum claims from small boat arrivals
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Thousands of small boat migrants will get asylum applications approved without interviews in bid to clear huge backlog
THOUSANDS of migrants will get asylum without interviews in a bid to clear the huge backlog.
Arrivals from nations with high approval rates such as Afghanistan and Syria will see applications sped up.
However critics warn it is an effective “amnesty” for small boat migrants who come here illegally, and will only encourage more to cross the Channel.
PM Rishi Sunak has vowed to clear 100,000 cases this year.
Under new two-tier plans, around 12,000 people will only have to fill in forms to apply to stay.
If they pass basic terror and crime checks and have a genuine reason, they will succeed.
They include migrants from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Syria, Yemen and Libya who arrived before last June.
The PM will also double the number of caseworkers to 2,500, and they will be required to get through at least four decisions a week.
It came as angry MPs yesterday demanded long-awaited new laws to stop the small boats.
Andrew Selous slammed block-booking of hotels for migrants leading to weddings and family events being cancelled in South West Beds.
Theo Clarke called on the PM to reconsider putting 500 single male asylum-seekers in Beaconside, Stafford, following “a huge amount of objections”.
Mr Sunak said he and the Home Secretary “are working intensely and as quickly as possible” to bring the law forward.
His spokesman denied there was a hold-up but stressed ministers had to “get it right”.
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Rishi Sunak’s small boat law must block Euro judges’ rulings to succeed, legal experts claim
RISHI Sunak’s small boat law must block rulings from the European Court of Human Rights to succeed, legal experts say.
If not, it will leave attempts to deport migrants wide open to legal challenges, they believe.
Rishi Sunak is setting out legislation that means migrants entering the UK illegally via The Channel has no right to stay[/caption]
The PM is preparing to reveal legislation so that anyone who comes to Britain via small boat will have no rights to stay.
It is expected to give Home Secretary Suella Braverman a new legal duty to remove people who come here illegally.
Policy Exchange think tank experts say the law must make it clear that coming here on small boats is not an option for migrants.
But it will work only if it specifically states that parts of the Human Rights and Modern Slavery Acts will not apply.
And it must make clear it will ignore rulings from Strasbourg on the issue and push on with the strategy regardless.
Oxford University Professor Richard Ekins KC, who co-wrote the report, said that if the law did not do so, it was at risk of being pulled apart by both British and European courts.
“The Government and Parliament can and should choose otherwise,” the professor added.
A spokesman for the Government insisted: “We are going to introduce new laws which will make sure that those people arriving in the UK illegally are detained and swiftly removed to another country.”
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Union bigwig in racism row after being snapped mocking boat migrants
A UNION inflicting strike misery is embroiled in a racism row after a senior member was photographed mocking boat migrants.
Sam Shaw posed in a dinghy with a person seemingly dressed as IS bride Shamima Begum.
Another man in a black wig and lifejacket was also in the snaps with Mr Shaw, who had been running to sit on Unite’s executive council.
The union, Labour’s biggest donor, is involved in the NHS and rail strikes crippling Britain.
Unite criticised the pics and said it was looking into disciplinary action.
It said: “These photos of Sam Shaw with people in racist fancy dress are deeply offensive.
“We are informed that he has withdrawn his candidacy.”
“Please be clear that his candidacy for the Executive Council was not endorsed by the General Secretary, who is not even aware of him.