This measure is part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to combat irregular immigration, which he does not want them to set foot on land.
Portland, an island located to southern UKis the place chosen for shelter immigrants in a refitted boat as floating detention centerfor so avoid that the asylum seekers who arrive in the country touch british soil. This initiative was the decision of the Prime Minister Rishi Sunakand generated various controversies.
The decision was made based on the saving measures that the Government of the European country promoted to lower the cost of sheltering temporarily to migrants seeking asylum in the countrywhile the request is being resolved, to stop using hotels, which are usually temporary accommodation in these cases.
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He “Bibby Stockholm”the name by which the ship is known, was remodeled to host up to “500 single men”during at least the next 18 monthswhen it seats only 200, after the Parliament pass your bill stop migration.
Controversies that arose
From the Government they say it’s a cheaper and safer way to accommodate these people without papers, but several Non-governmental organizations and associations local protested the conditions in which immigrants will live.
One of them is the group “Stand Up To Racism” who began to make his own bell, under the motto: “Refugees Welcome: No to the Prison Barge“, urging protesters to focus on politics and not people.
Last year, more than 45,000ppeople reached the British coast irregularly aboard precarious boats. So far this year, more than 13,000 have done so, the majority native of afghanistan.
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Parliament approved a law that prohibits asylum for immigrants
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom approved this Tuesday a controversial law on immigrationwhich aims to prevent the flow of asylum seekers who arrive illegally in the country and deny them the option of requesting asylum, after approving the changes to the project presented in the common.
The initiative is part of the plan of the Prime Minister to combat the irregular immigration. But, to become law, the bill will now need the signature of the King Charles IIIwithin the framework of a immigrant crisis located in the English Channel.
Source: Ambito
