Children's services leaders and rights campaigners are warning that government proposals to reform the asylum system will damage local authorities’ ability to support and care for vulnerable young people.
The Illegal Migration Bill, introduced by the government last month as an attempt to deter small boats of migrants crossing the English Channel, will ban anyone arriving by illegal means to the UK, including unaccompanied children, from being granted asylum in the UK.
Under the bill, which is going through parliament, anyone arriving in the UK via illegal means will be detained and sent back to their home country or “a safe third country”, like Rwanda, where their claim will be considered. The only way to come to the UK for asylum will be through legal routes, such as the schemes for migrants from Syria, Ukraine and Afghanistan.
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