As the hon. Lady knows, I agree with her that we need to extend safe and legal routes—that is why I tabled my amendment previously, which I hope the Government will honour—but does she not also acknowledge that, even if there were safe and legal routes that could be used by legitimate refugees fleeing from genuine violence and oppression, the bogus asylum seekers who do not meet those criteria would still use people smugglers? That is why we need to be able to deter and clamp down on them so that they do not set foot on our shores.
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 January 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.
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