England's Parliament recently passed a bill that will attempt to curb migration. A barge that can carry 500 migrants recently arrived in the country.
A barge that will house up to 500 asylum-seekers arrived TuesdayThe Bibby Stockholm was pulled by a tug into Portland after the government’s controversial legislation won passage after overcoming resistance in the House of Lords.
The Conservative government has pledged to"stop the boats" — overcrowded dinghies and other small craft that cross from northern France carrying migrants who hope to live in the U.K. More than 45,000 people crossed the Channel to Britain in 2022; several died in the attempt.The bill is intended to deter those journeys and will prevent migrants from claiming asylum in the U.K. if they arrive illegally.
The bill was approved after an all-night tussle Monday between the House of Commons, where the governing Conservatives have a majority, and the unelected House of Lords, which can amend but not block legislation. Best of Britain, a group that aims to maintain strong international ties after Brexit, said the bill will deny refugees and asylum-seekers their rights under international law and will lead to more people being detained at taxpayer cost.and mistreat refugees to distract from their own failure to fix the problems they created when ministers closed safe routes to asylum," Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain, said in a statement.
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