A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel, England, Monday March 6, 2023. The British government said Monday it will introduce legislation to ban anyone who arrives in the UK in small boats across the English Channel from ever settling in the country. (Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA via AP.)
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LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A leading Catholic charity says the British government’s plan to ban migrants who arrive without authorization by crossing the English Channel in small boats is “unworkable” and “not a rational response to those seeking asylum on our shores.”
Under the Illegal Migration Bill, those who cross the Channel would be removed from the country and banned from entering the UK in the future.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended the tightening of penalties against Channel migrants.
“Illegal migration is not fair on British taxpayers, it is not fair on those who come here legally and it is not right that criminal gangs should be allowed to continue their immoral trade,” he told the Mail on Sunday.
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