Overview

• The Illegal Migration Bill in the UK will limit migrants' ability to seek asylum in the country.
• The bill will bar asylum claims by anyone who reaches the UK by unauthorized means and compel the government to detain and deport them to their home country or a safe third country.
• Critics claim the plan is unethical and unworkable, and the UN refugee agency has called it a "clear breach" of the international Refugee Convention.
• The UK government says the bill will deter tens of thousands of people from trying to reach the country in small boats across the English Channel each year.
• The bill is expected to easily clear the House of Commons but may face strong opposition in Parliament's upper chamber, the House of Lords.