[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by arista

[Priti Patel has said a new immigration bill
will “break the business model” of people
trafficking gangs facilitating illegal crossings into the UK.
The home secretary said the new legislation
was aimed at “addressing our broken asylum system”
and taking action “in a way that we have been
unable to take action in the past because of
our membership of the European Union”.
The Nationality and Borders bill, which will be
unveiled in parliament today,
will allow migrant boats to be sent back to
France and asylum seekers who land
in Britain illegally to be arrested.

For the first time the way in which a
person arrives - legally or illegally - will have a
bearing on whether their asylum
application is accepted.
Prison sentences will also be increased
for people who enter the UK without
permission from six months to four years,
and a maximum of life imprisonment for
convicted people smugglers will be introduced.]


https://news.sky.com/story/people-sm...l-law-12349967

They can be sent back to France, but because we're no longer in the EU, France has no responsibility to take them. I guess sending them back into the sea to die is compassionate conservatism in action again.

British people cheering this on is honestly gross. 4 years in prison for potentially fleeing a war-zone most likely created by us or the US.