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A government source said: \u201cIt\u2019s pretty disappointing that unelected Lords and Labour have voted down this bill, frustrating what the British people want this Conservative government to deliver.<\/p>\n
“The bill is designed to end the immoral and inhumane practice of criminal gangs exploiting vulnerable people by sending them on small boats to cross the channel. We will do everything in our power to deliver what the British people want and stop the boats.”<\/p>\n
The Archbishop of Canterbury tabled amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill that would force ministers to introduce long-term plans on refugees and people trafficking. Mr Welby also signed a letter with faith leaders calling for the Government to ensure there is a \u201cjust\u201d and \u201ccompassionate\u201d asylum policy.<\/p>\n
The letter said: \u201cThe Illegal Migration Bill falls short of our obligation towards the most vulnerable. It fails to meet the basic test of an evidence-based and workable policy. We need an alternative approach that reflects our country\u2019s history, values and responsibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith more than 100 million people displaced around the world, this crisis will not be solved without significant collective endeavour.”<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n But Lord Lilley told the archbishop he had failed to come up with any practical solutions to solve the small boats crisis.<\/p>\n \u201cHe hasn\u2019t come forward with a policy,” the peer said. “He\u2019s come forward with a policy to have a policy. And it is not a policy for him to have a policy. It\u2019s a policy for the government to have a policy. And it\u2019s a policy that the government\u2019s policy must be agreed by other government’s overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n Downing Street insisted the plans are \u201cfair and compassionate\u201d after the attack by faith leaders. The Prime Minister\u2019s official spokesman said: \u201cI\u2019m not going to get into responding to individual views of which there are many on this issue.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the Prime Minister has been clear that stopping the boats, stopping the cruel cycle of vulnerable people being exploited by criminal gangs, is the fair and compassionate thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n All the changes peers have made will now go back to the Commons, where MPs are expected to overturn them. But they will then return to the Lords in repeated rounds of fraught parliamentary \u201cping pong\u201d until the bill passes.<\/p>\n The legislation would allow migrants who arrive illegally to be detained and swiftly removed to a third country or back to their home nation. An appeal against a judgment ruling the government\u2019s Rwanda plan is unlawful is expected to be submitted today.<\/p>\n Senior Conservative Sir John Hayes said processing migrants off-shore had proved to be a deterrent in Australia and led to a \u201clarge reduction\u201d in the number of people coming.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIt\u2019s not about people coming genuinely seeking refuge because they fear persecution.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about an industry of people traffickers who broadcast the message that if you get to Britain you will never leave.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to get to the root of that message and when you say you are going to process people in Rwanda their sales pitch is found to be groundless.\u201d<\/p>\n It comes amid growing frustration in the Conservative party over accommodation plans for migrants waiting to be processed.<\/p>\n Richard Drax, the Conservative MP for South Dorset, raised concerns about hundreds of young men being housed in the Bibby Stockholm barge just off the coast of his constituency.<\/p>\n He told the Commons: \u201cMy constituents in Weymouth and on Portland and I are getting a little tired of being told that placing a migrant barge in our port is in the national interest. It is not in the national interest, nor in ours.<\/p>\n \u201cThis barge designed for 222 will accommodate 506 illegal migrants, already testing our overstretched resources. It was imposed on us without any consultation.<\/p>\n \u201cMany concerns, both on the barge, and what the 506 young men will do going around a seaside resort at the height of the summer unmonitored and with little money.\u201d<\/p>\n The Archbishop of Canterbury spearheaded a defeat.<\/p>\n Mr Welby led a cross-party move, backed by 186 votes to 131, majority 55, which would force the Government to draw up a 10-year strategy for collaborating internationally to tackle both the refugee crisis, driving unauthorised migration to the UK, and human trafficking.<\/p>\n Mr Welby insisted his amendment requiring a 10-year strategy to be produced by the Government did not damage the Bill but would improve it.<\/p>\n The Archbishop of Canterbury said: \u201cWe need a calmer and properly structured look at the whole area of migration. This amendment does not wreck or damage the Bill or indeed set intentions for the Government to follow.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is intended to be helpful, to improve the Bill by mitigating some of the concerns about a lack of a global and long-term perspective on the issues.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI hope the Government can see that this amendment is a positive and constructive suggestion whatever I or others may feel about the Bill in general. I urge the Government to develop a strategy that is ambitious, collaborative and worthy of our history and up to the scale of the enormous challenges that we face.\u201d<\/p>\n We currently face unprecedented levels of illegal immigrants coming to our country. The British people are compassionate but they know that our capacity is finite and they can see our Country being taken advantage of.\u00a0<\/p>\n Criminal gangs operating off the coast of France smuggle people across the Channel, with no regard for their safety or wellbeing. Vulnerable people drown trying to reach our country because they\u2019ve been tricked into leaving an already safe country. Rightly, our Prime Minister intends to stop this.<\/p>\n It is only by removing the incentive to make dangerous journeys that we will ultimately stop the boats, save lives and break the criminal smuggling gang model.\u00a0 It is also only because of Brexit that the Government is able to legislate to \u2018Stop the Boats\u2019.\u00a0 The Illegal Migration Bill working its way through parliament holds the key to securing our borders.\u00a0<\/p>\n As I told the Government on Monday, I believe people want to see a tough but just policy on illegal migration that stops people unfairly jumping the queue and which saves lives. Unfortunately, however, not everyone shares this common sense approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n The unelected peers and archbishops in the House of Lords have yet again interfered with the Illegal Migration Bill. Last night they voted against securing our borders and opted to show an ever more lenient hand to those who come to this country illegally. While the peers made arguments appealing to high emotions around refugees fleeing war, they failed to focus on justice, fairness and sovereignty.<\/p>\n The British public should decide who comes to our country through the ballot box. It is not for evil people smugglers nor unelected peers to set the agenda nor seek to frustrate the will of the people.\u00a0<\/p>\n We can\u2019t give those genuine refugees the care and priority they deserve until we have stopped this illegal abuse of the system. The Illegal Migration Bill would ensure that we can help those who legitimately need our help. What a shame that the unelected peers are obstructing the Government from doing this vital work.<\/p>\n
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