Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Immigration - Oct 19

Jacob Young (Redcar) (Con):...To that end, I believe that our approach should be twofold. First, we need properly to resource the National Crime Agency UK Border Force and the police to root out the people smugglers and organised crime gangs that perpetuate this form of illegal immigration. Secondly, we should adopt an Australian-style approach to illegal immigration, whereby we intercept a vessel, ensure the safety of its passengers and then return it to the shores from which it left. Only by doing that will we prove to those seeking to cross to the UK that the route is unviable and, in turn, starve the people smugglers of their funds from that abusive practice...

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