In the UK, illegal immigrants, in addition to being expelled from the country, still face a six-month prison sentence. The British government now wants to increase sentences to four years in prison, further tightening the punishment for trafficking in persons, from a maximum of 14 years to life in prison, in a law due Tuesday. For conservatives, imposing tough measures against immigration is a fulfillment of a campaign promise, for Amnesty International it is a violation of the human rights of desperate people.
According to British Home Secretary Prity Patel, the goal of the new law will be “to rebuild the broken asylum system in the UK,” promising that the new approach to immigration will be “solid but fair.” Provisions of the new law include measures to intercept fragile rubber boats that sometimes try to cross the English Channel, capture men and women there, take them ashore and then hold them accountable – no, it is clear what will happen to the children who go on. government, often the children of these immigrants facing imprisonment.
“While the Home Office still does not create safe and legal routes for asylum seekers in the UK, some people still have to risk their lives to do so,” said Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International’s UK Refugee Head … quoted by iTV…
