Diane Taylor correctly asserts that the illegal migration bill will cause more smuggling (‘Evil people smugglers’ are easy to blame for migrant boat tragedies. Here’s the truth, 19 June). In fact, under the old rules, arrivals on UK coasts want to be found and will therefore turn themselves in and claim asylum.
With the new migration bill there will be more under-the-radar arrivals as they may well fear deportation to Rwanda. They will arrive in the dark or on remoter beaches and disappear, meaning more people remaining in the shadows of our society, ready to be exploited by unscrupulous “employers”. It is this that I find so abhorrent in the proposals. It is actually going to make the life of people traffickers easier and more profitable.
Barbara Karayi
Immigration lawyer, and chair, West London Equality Centre
