Robert Jenrick says ‘no additional concessions’ on Illegal Migration Bill

The immigration minister stated the Government is not going to supply any extra compromises or concessions to friends on the Illegal Migration Bill.

The laws will place a authorized obligation on officers to detain and deport these arriving illegally both to Rwanda or one other “safe” third nation.

The Lords on Wednesday handed eight amendments giving victims of recent slavery better safety and fast-tracking new authorized routes to the UK.

But Mr Jenrick stated the Government will attempt to overturn the adjustments within the Commons subsequent week.

He stated Europe is going through an “era of mass migration” and our neighbours ought to work collectively, constructing relationships with nations like Turkey and Tunisia to fight the disaster.

Mr Jenrick stated: “It’s incumbent on those who choose to criticise our approach to provide an alternative.

“It’s not a serious or grown-up way to conduct a debate to say, ‘Well we have concerns about Rwanda,’ ‘We don’t like the compliant environment,’ ‘We don’t want this, we don’t want to,’ but not to come up with an alternative.”

The first asylum barge, the Bibby Stockholm, is due in Weymouth subsequent week. But the primary migrants should not anticipated till “later this month”.

The Home Office stated these on board could be “non-detained”, with no curfew, however must adjust to port safety.