Tougher on illegal immigration
The UK should have stronger laws to tackle illegal immigration.
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Clive Lewis almost always voted against stronger laws and enforcement of immigration rules
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On 17 Jan 2024:
Clive Lewis voted no on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading
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On 26 Apr 2023:
Clive Lewis voted no on Illegal Migration Bill - Third Reading
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Clive Lewis voted against creating an offence of entering the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance (if one is required), and in favour of 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:
Clive Lewis voted not 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:
Clive Lewis voted not to make 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:
Clive Lewis voted 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 to prevent those under 18 years ever being denied the recovery period.
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On 8 Dec 2021:
Clive Lewis voted 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, to exempt such children from being denied support on the grounds they are a threat to public order and to exempt them from limits on support.
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On 8 Dec 2021:
Clive Lewis voted not 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:
Clive Lewis voted against a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, against permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and against provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 7 Dec 2021:
Clive Lewis voted to make it an offence to advertise services designed to facilitate illegal immigration.
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On 7 Dec 2021:
Clive Lewis voted to explicitly require 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:
Clive Lewis voted against a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, against permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and against provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 20 Jul 2021:
Clive Lewis voted against a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, against permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and against provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 28 Apr 2021:
Clive Lewis voted against new guidance intended to ensure that vulnerable people are not detained inappropriately in immigration detention.
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On 19 Oct 2020:
Clive Lewis voted to introduce 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:
Clive Lewis voted to introduce 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:
Clive Lewis 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:
Clive Lewis voted to ban the immigration detention of those who are pregnant and for guidance to be taken into account on the immigration detention of vulnerable people.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Clive Lewis was absent for a vote on Immigration Bill — Clause 8 — Offence of Illegal Working
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Clive Lewis was absent for a vote on Immigration Bill — Clauses 13-16 — Residential Tenancies
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Clive Lewis voted against restricting the support available to failed asylum seekers and illegal migrants.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Clive Lewis voted against creating criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and against other measures in the Immigration Bill.
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On 13 Oct 2015:
Clive Lewis voted against creating criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and against other measures in the Immigration Bill
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On 13 Oct 2015:
Clive Lewis voted against creating criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and against other measures in the Immigration Bill.
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