Tougher on illegal immigration
The UK should have stronger laws to tackle illegal immigration.
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Nigel Adams almost always voted for stronger laws and enforcement of immigration rules
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On 26 Apr 2023:
Nigel Adams voted yes on Illegal Migration Bill - Third Reading
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams voted not to make it an offence to advertise services designed to facilitate illegal immigration.
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On 7 Dec 2021:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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 28 Apr 2021:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams was absent for a vote on Draft Immigration Act 2014 (Current Accounts) (Excluded Accounts and Notification Requirements) Regulations 2016
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On 25 Apr 2016:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams voted to restrict the support available to failed asylum seekers and illegal migrants.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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:
Nigel Adams 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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