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Ministers say the bill will stop people crossing the Channel in small boats but critics say the plans are unworkable

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has set out plans to stop the small boats crossing from France.

UK government plans to remove ‘illegals’ will be chaotic, costly and cause untold human misery, says Refugee council chief executive Enver Solomon

Almost all of those who came under the National Referral Mechanism while awaiting return were later released from detention, the Home Office said.

The Home Secretary said legislation would be introduced to remove asylum seekers and ban them from re-entry if they arrive in the UK illegally

The U.K. government says it's ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel

The Home Secretary said it would ‘betray’ British voters not to tackle the ‘waves of illegal migrants’.

Watch the scene in the House of Commons as Suella Braverman announces her plan to stop illegal channel crossings.

Rishi Sunak inherited a political position from Liz Truss that was probably hopeless — but if he has any hope at all, he has two. The first hope, which it is not in his gift to control, is that the economy might turn in time and that he might take…

UNHCR says bill extinguishes the right to seek refugee protection in the UK for those who arrive irregularly

Rishi Sunak says bill will ‘take back control of our borders’ but critics argue the proposals are unworkable