The “Groundhog Day asylum Bill” outlined by Number 10 “repeats the impossible promises that the Government made in last year’s Bill – and failed to keep,” British Future mentioned right this moment. Responding to experiences that the federal government would this week desk its ‘Small boats bill,’ Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future, added:
“The Government has but to clarify any workable options to the sensible challenges that made final yr’s Bill largely ineffective at stopping small boats. The UK can not detain everybody when it hasn’t sufficient detention locations; and it can not deport everybody when it doesn’t have agreements with different nations to take action safely.
“So as a substitute of latest, sensible proposals, we have now extra grandiose headlines, extra vows and promises, and déja vu yet again.
“It is possible to reform the asylum system so it is more effective, more orderly and more humane. But that will take a different approach. Repeating the failed policies of last year but expecting different results is a madness that fails people needing protection and voters who want the government to get a grip.”
British Future just lately printed ‘Control and compassion: a new plan for an effective and fair UK asylum system,’ a brand new report setting out ten proposals for reforming asylum safety within the UK. As properly as measures to undermine the enterprise mannequin of individuals smugglers and cut back boat crossings, it additionally consists of proposals to make asylum case processing and secure…
