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| Home Secretary Suella Braverman to change law to stop channel migrants | Home Secretary Suella Braverman to change law to stop channel migrants |
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| The home secretary says the UK has to find a way to make its Rwanda plan "work" to stop those crossing the Channel in boats. | |
| The home secretary says the UK has to find a way to make its Rwanda plan "work" to stop those crossing the Channel in boats. | |
| The home secretary said she will change the law to stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. | The home secretary said she will change the law to stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. |
| Suella Braverman told the Conservative party conference on Tuesday she will prevent modern slavery laws being "abused" by people smugglers. | Suella Braverman told the Conservative party conference on Tuesday she will prevent modern slavery laws being "abused" by people smugglers. |
| The government needs to make plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda "work", she added. | The government needs to make plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda "work", she added. |
| More than 33,500 people have come to the UK this year on small boats, the highest figure since records began. | More than 33,500 people have come to the UK this year on small boats, the highest figure since records began. |
| Since June, migrants who have travelled to the UK through a country deemed to be "safe" - including France - are "inadmissible" for asylum status, with a few exceptions. | Since June, migrants who have travelled to the UK through a country deemed to be "safe" - including France - are "inadmissible" for asylum status, with a few exceptions. |
| Under the system put in place by Ms Braverman's predecessor as home secretary, Priti Patel, refugees cannot claim asylum in the territorial waters of the UK. | Under the system put in place by Ms Braverman's predecessor as home secretary, Priti Patel, refugees cannot claim asylum in the territorial waters of the UK. |
| Ms Braverman said she would work closely with the French to help cut channel crossings. | Ms Braverman said she would work closely with the French to help cut channel crossings. |
| There would be "no quick fixes" and the problem was "chronic", she warned. | There would be "no quick fixes" and the problem was "chronic", she warned. |
| "I will look to bring forward legislation to make it clear that the only route to the UK is through a safe and legal route," she said. | "I will look to bring forward legislation to make it clear that the only route to the UK is through a safe and legal route," she said. |
| Under the plans, migrants "deliberately entering the UK illegally from a safe country should be swiftly returned to their home country or relocated to Rwanda". | Under the plans, migrants "deliberately entering the UK illegally from a safe country should be swiftly returned to their home country or relocated to Rwanda". |
| Last year 28,526 people crossed the Channel in small boats | Last year 28,526 people crossed the Channel in small boats |
| The Rwanda asylum plan was established in April to take asylum seekers who cross the Channel to the UK on a one-way ticket to Rwanda to claim asylum there instead. | The Rwanda asylum plan was established in April to take asylum seekers who cross the Channel to the UK on a one-way ticket to Rwanda to claim asylum there instead. |
| The government has said the scheme would discourage others from crossing the Channel. | The government has said the scheme would discourage others from crossing the Channel. |
| The first flight was cancelled minutes before take-off, in June, after an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights. | The first flight was cancelled minutes before take-off, in June, after an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights. |
| Ms Braverman accused the court of "undermining the sovereignty of our borders". | Ms Braverman accused the court of "undermining the sovereignty of our borders". |
| Speaking at a fringe event at the party's conference in Birmingham, Ms Braverman said it was her "dream" to have a Rwanda flight depart before Christmas. | Speaking at a fringe event at the party's conference in Birmingham, Ms Braverman said it was her "dream" to have a Rwanda flight depart before Christmas. |
| During her speech to the main conference, she said: "It is not racist for anyone, ethnic minority or otherwise, to want to control our borders." | During her speech to the main conference, she said: "It is not racist for anyone, ethnic minority or otherwise, to want to control our borders." |
| "It is not bigoted to say we have too many asylum seekers abusing the system. | "It is not bigoted to say we have too many asylum seekers abusing the system. |
| "It is not xenophobic to say mass and rapid migration places pressure on housing, public services and community relations." | "It is not xenophobic to say mass and rapid migration places pressure on housing, public services and community relations." |
| The government tried to send asylum seekerrs to Rwanda on board a Boeing 767 aircraft from MoD Boscombe Down in June | The government tried to send asylum seekerrs to Rwanda on board a Boeing 767 aircraft from MoD Boscombe Down in June |
| The Modern Slavery Act, introduced by former prime minister Theresa May, will be overhauled to stop migrants avoiding deportation, Ms Braverman said. | The Modern Slavery Act, introduced by former prime minister Theresa May, will be overhauled to stop migrants avoiding deportation, Ms Braverman said. |
| The home secretary said many of those arriving across the channel were Albanians who had paid smugglers to enter the UK. | The home secretary said many of those arriving across the channel were Albanians who had paid smugglers to enter the UK. |
| "The truth is that many of them are not modern slaves and their claims of being trafficked are lies," she said. | "The truth is that many of them are not modern slaves and their claims of being trafficked are lies," she said. |
| "Convicted paedophiles and rapists" were also making "egregious" applications to remain in the UK under the Modern Slavery Act, she added. | "Convicted paedophiles and rapists" were also making "egregious" applications to remain in the UK under the Modern Slavery Act, she added. |