Member

I appreciate the arithmetic of this situation, that Clause 37 will almost certainly stand part of the Bill. However, we on these Benches are very clear: Britain needs to have a deterrent if we are to have any hope of stopping the boats and securing the borders. That is also the view of the National Crime Agency. There must be a third-country removal scheme in place, in which illegal migrants will be removed to a safe third country and have their claims processed there. To simply remove the previous deterrent without any form of alternative is naive and, indeed, reckless. Can the Minister explain how the Government are going to deter illegal migration? What is the replacement?