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Jacqueline Howard in London

Illegal Migration Bill introduced to UK parliament as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vows to stop the boats

UK PM Rishi Sunak draws comparisons to Australia's asylum seeker policies.

Asylum seekers who land on the shores of the UK would be detained and deported under sweeping new laws introduced by the British government.

The new law bars entry of asylum seekers who come to the UK by boats across the English Channel, prevents them from claiming asylum and would either turn them around or deport them to a third country.

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