The UK wants to ‘stop the boats’. Where will asylum seekers go?

The federal government acknowledges the ‘cease the boats’ migration invoice might not be authorized. So why is it pushing it ahead?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks throughout a press convention following the launch of latest laws on refugee and migrant channel crossings at Downing Road on March 7, 2023, in London, United Kingdom [Leon Neal/Reuters]

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is clamping down on asylum seekers. Almost 46,000 refugees and migrants arrived in the UK final yr on small boats throughout the English Channel, a significant enhance from the yr earlier than. Sunak says stopping the boats is a precedence for the British folks. However each the United Nations and the European Union have referred to as the plan unlawful for the best way it will deal with folks fleeing conflict and persecution. Even Sunak’s Dwelling Secretary, Suella Braverman, has acknowledged the plan might not be suitable with the European Conference on Human Rights. So will it survive the authorized challenges seemingly coming its manner?

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Charlie Angela (@CharlieAJ),  Al Jazeera correspondent

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This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra with Chloe Ok Li and our host, Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.

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