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300+ experts sign letter against ‘unworkable’ migrant Bill

The Government’s controversial asylum proposals laid out in the Illegal Migration Bill cleared their first Commons hurdle on Monday.

Joseph Connor by Joseph Connor
2023-03-15 07:07
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More than 300 academic experts in migration have signed a joint letter to the Government to object to the UK’s Illegal Immigration Bill, arguing the policy is not “evidence based, workable, or legal under human rights law”.

The scholars, from mostly British universities, warned the Bill will not stop small boats crossing the Channel, but would, however, increase “the chance of death” as people were funnelled into more dangerous journeys.

The letter, which was was published online and in The Times on Wednesday, called the Bill “a deterrence approach” by the Government in response to the current “maritime humanitarian crisis”.

However, the letter says, “there is no evidence that we are aware of, as experts in this field, to suggest that deterrence based approaches are effective”.

Demonstrators protest against the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament Square, London, during the second reading of the bill in the House of Commons on Monday
Demonstrators protest against the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament Square, London, during the second reading of the Bill in the House of Commons on Monday (Victoria Jones/PA)

The group pointed to Australia where its government’s attempt to deter boat arrivals with offshore detention had failed to “stop the boats” or break people smuggling networks.

Instead, the “Pacific solution” had resulted in “enormous financial costs” to Australian taxpayers, the violation of fundamental rules of international laws and numerous legal challenges.

“Because the (British Government’s) policy will not stop the boats, it is not workable,” the group said.

“A large and growing population of people who would otherwise have a strong case for asylum will be turned into ‘illegal immigrants’.

“They will be detained, or housed in hotels or army barracks at great expense to the state, with no clear mechanism to resolve their status.

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Demonstrators protesting against the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament Square, London, during the second reading of the the bill in the House of Commons on Monday March 13, 2023
The Bill aims to stop people claiming asylum in the UK if they arrive through unauthorised means (Victoria Jones/PA)

“In many cases (for example, Afghan, Syrian and Eritrean asylum seekers) it will not be possible to return them to their country of origin.

“Again, there is already a large body of research evidencing the consequences of maintaining a vulnerable population of people in a state of deportability, poverty, and destitution. At least one consequence is that these people become extremely vulnerable to exploitation and forced labour.”

The letter concluded by saying that the Bill will be “counter to all evidence on forced migration journeys”, in addition to being “illegal and immoral, but also unworkable and flawed on its own terms”.

It comes after the Conservative Party chairman apologised to the head of the civil service after an email sent out in the Home Secretary’s name said public servants had held up efforts to tackle unlawful migration.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference in Downing Street, London, after the Government unveiled plans for new laws to curb Channel crossings as part of the Illegal Migration Bill.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the Government unveiled its new legislation (Leon Neal/PA)

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said she did not sign off the correspondence last week which blamed “an activist blob of left-wing lawyers, civil servants and the Labour Party” for blocking previous attempts to prevent migrants arriving in small boats across the Channel.

The Government’s controversial asylum proposals laid out in the Illegal Migration Bill cleared their first Commons hurdle on Monday.

The legislation aims to stop people claiming asylum in the UK if they arrive through unauthorised means, with the measures part of Mr Sunak’s action plan to deliver on his pledge to stop small boats of migrants from crossing the English Channel.

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