Rishi Sunak has quietly dropped a key plank of last year’s asylum law that introduced a two-tier refugee system and made lives tougher for tens of thousands of people who arrived in the UK via small boats.
In a move to cut the asylum backlog, the Home Office said in a written statement on Thursday that it would no longer differentiate between people who arrived by irregular means, such as those who crossed the Channel, and other asylum seekers, as had been stipulated in last year’s Nationality and Borders Act.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “Under the differentiation policy, people who came to the UK illegally and claimed asylum could receive a different protection offer to those who came here legally, helping reduce the incentive to make these illegal journeys in the first place.
“We are now going even further through our illegal migration bill to make sure that people who come here illegally won’t have their asylum claim considered in the UK and instead can be detained and swiftly removed.
“To stop the boats, we have to take away the incentive for people to jump the queue by coming here illegally – and that is what we are focused on delivering.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/08/key-plank-of-new-uk-asylum-law-dropped-to-cut-backlog