Tougher on illegal immigration
The UK should have stronger laws to tackle illegal immigration.
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Priti Patel almost always voted for stronger enforcement of immigration rules
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Priti Patel voted in favour of creating an offence of entering the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance (if one is required), and against creating an alternative narrower offence of arriving in the United Kingdom in breach of a deportation order.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Priti Patel voted to permit treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Priti Patel voted in favour of making it an offence to knowingly arrive in the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance, if such a clearance is required.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Priti Patel voted not to raise the threshold for denying an individual the 30-day recovery period for victims, or potential victims of slavery or trafficking, during which they cannot be removed from the United Kingdom, and and to allow those under 18 years to be denied the recovery period.
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On 8 Dec 2021:
Priti Patel voted not to exempt potential child victims of modern slavery, exploitation or trafficking from requirements to provide information to determine if they are in-fact a victim, not to exempt them from being denied support on the grounds they are a threat to public order and not to exempt them from limits on support.
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On 8 Dec 2021:
Priti Patel voted to infer that the late provision of information by a potential slavery or trafficking victim damages that person’s credibility.
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On 8 Dec 2021:
Priti Patel voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 7 Dec 2021:
Priti Patel voted not to make it an offence to advertise services designed to facilitate illegal immigration.
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On 7 Dec 2021:
Priti Patel voted against explicitly requiring immigration and enforcement officers to avoid using their powers in a way that could endanger life at sea.
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On 20 Jul 2021:
Priti Patel voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 20 Jul 2021:
Priti Patel voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 19 May 2021:
Priti Patel voted voted in favour of requiring ID from voters in elections, for measures intended to deter illegal entry into the UK, in favour of legislation to tackle violence, including against women and girls, and for action to support victims and improve internet safety.
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On 28 Apr 2021:
Priti Patel voted for new guidance intended to ensure that vulnerable people are not detained inappropriately in immigration detention.
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On 19 Oct 2020:
Priti Patel voted against introducing a time limit on immigration detention of twenty-eight days for nationals of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
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On 30 Jun 2020:
Priti Patel voted against introducing a time limit on immigration detention of twenty-eight days for nationals of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
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On 14 Dec 2016:
Priti Patel voted in favour of arrangements for immigration checks for those opening banks and building society accounts.
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On 25 Apr 2016:
Priti Patel voted against banning the immigration detention of those who are pregnant and against guidance to be taken into account on the immigration detention of vulnerable people.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Priti Patel voted in favour of making it a criminal offence for someone to work if their immigration status prohibits it.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Priti Patel voted to make it an offence to rent a home to someone who is disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying premises under a residential tenancy agreement.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Priti Patel voted to restrict the support available to failed asylum seekers and illegal migrants.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Priti Patel voted to extend the power to deport an individual before considering an appeal on human rights grounds so it applies to all those appealing on human rights grounds against their removal.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Priti Patel voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill.
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On 13 Oct 2015:
Priti Patel voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill
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On 13 Oct 2015:
Priti Patel voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill.
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