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Illegal Migration Bill

The hon. Gentleman is challenging the Government to pass legislation that requires the arrivals to produce documents. The last Labour Government

tried that with the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004, which made an asylum claim contingent on the provision of adequate documents. I do not know what has happened to that legislation—perhaps the Labour Front Bencher who winds up the debate can illuminate us—but the truth is that successive Governments have tried to require the provision of identification documents, but 20 years later people are still arriving without them, and are being given asylum on the basis of what the Home Office cannot prove.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
730 c727 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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