so to anyone proposing de facto open borders through unlimited, safe and legal routes as the alternative. let s be honest, there are 100 million people around the world who could qualify for protection under our current laws. let s be clear. they are coming here. we ve seen a 500. we ve seen a 500% increase in small boats crossings in two years. and this, mr speaker, is the crucial point of this bill. they will not stop coming here until the world knows that if you enter britain illegally, you will be detained and swiftly removed. removed back to your country if it s safe or to a safe country, a safe third country like rwanda. and that is precisely what this bill will do.
the next century. and grand final tickets sell out in just 36 minutes, as eurovision super fans rush to get their hands on tickets for this year s contest. the uk s home secretary has been outlining the government s plans to stop migrants arriving in the country from france in small boats. suella braverman told the house of commons that enough is enough, as she introduced the illegal migration bill to the house of commons. it puts a duty on ministers to detain and deport anyone who enters the country illegally, though the government has admitted the bill does push the boundaries of international law . refugee charities and the main opposition labour party have called the new plan unworkable . from dover, duncan kennedy reports.
in the channel. 45,000 people came across like this in the past year, 3,000 more have travelled this year. the government says it has to act to stop these kinds of numbers. we have seen a 500% increase in small boat crossings in two years, and this, mr speaker, is the crucial point of this bill. they won t stop coming here until the world knows that if you enter britain illegally, you will be detained and swiftly removed. the new measures will come in the illegal migration bill, which will say that anyone arriving by small boat will be unable to claim asylum. they will be removed to rwanda or another safe third country and they won t be allowed to return to the uk to claim asylum. what the government wants to create with all this is a deterrent to the migrants. it wants to send out the message
the english channel. if the government is saying they will be automatically detain for a minimum of 28 days with a view to basically putting them on the flight out of the uk to a safe country, in theory, rwanda or somewhere else, where are they going to put them all? that s a fundamental question. 45,000 people is the equivalent to half the present estate of england and wales, there or thereabouts. that is a big ticket item they have got to solve there. the government will say we re only going to hold them for 28 days so we don t necessarily need that kind of amount of accommodation. but that presupposes they have got agreements in place to move people to other countries at the end of the 28 days. critically, the situation in the courts, long standing rules about unlawful detention which state that you get to a point where you can say to a judge, iam being held indefinitely, this is not fair because the government is not going to remove me to another country, so you have to give me bai
dover yesterday and more migrants brought ashore after being picked up in the channel. 45,000 people came across like this in the past year, 3,000 more have travelled this year. the government says it has to act to stop these kinds of numbers. we have seen a 500% increase in small boat crossings in two years, and this, mr speaker, is the crucial point of this bill. they won t stop coming here until the world knows that if you enter britain illegally, you will be detained and swiftly removed. the new measures will come in the illegal migration bill, which will say that anyone arriving by small boat will be unable to claim asylum. they will be removed to rwanda or another safe third country and they won t be allowed to return to the uk to claim asylum.