Nationality and Borders Bill

Maybe I was not being clear, but I was trying to describe the law as it currently stands. I have just repeated twice to my noble friend Lady McIntosh that, as it currently stands, anyone who facilitates the arrival of migrants rescued at sea and brought to the UK port where their only intention is to claim asylum does not commit an offence. Clearly—under Section 25A of the Immigration Act 1971, and because the intention of the migrants is not to enter the UK illegally—it creates a lacuna for the organised criminal gangs, because they can get round it in that way.