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Part of Nationality and Borders Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:51 pm on 19 July 2021.

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Photo of Edward Leigh Edward Leigh Conservative, Gainsborough 5:51, 19 July 2021

We are receiving emails saying that this Bill is somehow cruel to illegal migrants, but is not the cruellest thing to do nothing? This very day, hundreds of people are putting their life at risk by crossing the channel. If we close these loopholes, if we clear up the doubts about human rights legislation and if we create safe havens, this trade will stop dead, as it did for Australia.