Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire has spoken up about the controversial migration bill which will bar entry to asylum seekers arriving on small boats. The illegal migration bill passed through the House of Commons with a majority of 62 votes despite Labour's attempt to defeat it.
The new piece of legislation proposed by the Conservative party has raised concerns from the UN refugee agency due to being a 'clear breach of the refugee convection'. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said herself in a letter to MPs obtained by The Huffington Post that she was unable to confirm that the new bill was not a breach of International Human Right's law.
Several Conservative MPs, including former Prime Minister Theresa May and Chris Skidmore MP for Kingswood, were among a small handful of Conservative MPs who criticised the bill which would see the removal of protections for victims of sex trafficking and modern day slavery as well as unaccompanied children. Despite a handful of oppositional tweets and comments from a tiny minority of Conservatives, over 90 per cent of their MPs voted in favour while less than half a dozen abstained with none actually voting against the bill.
