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The government’s main immigration bill passed the House of Commons on Wednesday by a vote of 289 to 230, but could face an amendment in the Senate after a double attack from former Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May and England’s children’s commissioners. There is a nature.
The bill would allow the government to detain people arriving in the UK by small boat and in almost all cases prevent them from trying to apply for asylum in the UK.
Critics say the bill would effectively end people’s ability to seek asylum in the UK outside of a few pre-established safe routes currently open only to Ukrainian refugees and some Afghans. and the Equal Human Rights Commission has warned that it risks violating international human rights law.
Prime Minister Theresa May, who abstained from voting at the bill’s third reading, said that despite her cabinet’s desperate efforts to win concessions to her and other rebels, it would increase the victims of modern slavery. Warned to connect and torn by the Small Boat Act.
In a separate challenge to the law, Children’s Commissioner Rachel de Souza said that despite amendments to protect unaccompanied minors, asylum seeker children are still not fully protected. Stated.
Dame Rachel said she was “deeply disappointed that the government continues to lack clarity on key elements” and that the bill’s language still left “gray areas” for children.
The intervention will likely block the illegal immigration bill when it goes to the Senate next month.
Rishi Sunak made concessions to Tory MPs from all wings of the party and staked his prime ministership on enacting a law to stop migrant boats crossing the Channel.
The bill will go into effect next month as Labor, Liberal Democrats, some Conservative allies and several bishops plan to oppose major measures at the committee stage in late May and June. They are likely to face a difficult situation in reaching the Senate.
Mrs May and former Conservative Party leader Sir Yin Duncan Smith joined forces to introduce an amendment exempting victims of modern slavery from being transported to Rwanda. Although the bill was not put to a vote by members of Congress, it is likely to be introduced in the Senate, making it more likely to be implemented.
The former prime minister told parliamentarians that another amendment drafted by the government to persuade rebels on the issue of modern slavery actually cares about the victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. He said it was a “slap in the face” for people.
She added: I believe this bill’s approach will have several implications. I believe it keeps the victim in slavery.
“The government will ensure that more people remain in slavery and exploitation as a result of this bill. It is very easy to say to them, “Don’t even think to escape the misery of your life, the suffering we are inflicting on you. To Rwanda.” .
“The Modern Slavery Act gave victims hope, but this bill will take away that hope. I truly believe that it will put the child in slavery.”
Dame Rachel says: The Home Office’s eviction of children under this bill remains a rather gray area and this must be clarified on the face of the bill as a matter of urgency.”
Earlier, Home Secretary Suera Braverman told Talk TV that the bill was “the law that the British people overwhelmingly want”, adding: Essential to stop people from taking this perilous journey in the first place. ”
This week, the senior bishop showed signs of the intensity of opposition facing the bill in the Senate when he warned that the bill would “harm” and push people into poverty.
Bishop of Durham said I The government had abandoned its “moral and legal” obligation to protect those fleeing persecution.
Ahead of the House of Commons vote, the Equality and Human Rights Committee said it was “continues to be deeply concerned that the bill would violate the UK’s international legal obligations to protect human rights and risk exposing people to serious harm.” I am doing,” he said.
The bill “risks violating the Refugee Convention by restricting the right to asylum and punishing refugees,” the group warned.
Sunak received a second blow from Congress when the Senate blocked a bill aimed at watering down the strike.
The industry has suffered four defeats to the government’s anti-strike laws, including blocking measures that could have frontline workers fired if they go on strike.
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak urged the government to reconsider the law after the defeat. he said:
“That’s why our peers voted to do the right thing and stop nurses, teachers, firefighters and other public sector workers from being fired for exercising their right to strike.”