Overview

• The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill includes counter-terror powers to combat organized immigration crime.
• The bill promises to clear the asylum backlog and end the use of hotel accommodations for migrants.
• Tougher penalties for immigration crimes and new offenses targeting people-smuggling gangs are proposed.
• The government will save over £100 million by scrapping the Rwanda migration deal.
• More than 1,000 migrants have crossed the Channel since the new administration took office, with numbers up 12% from last year.