Extracts from committee stage (Commons) of the Nationality and Borders Bill - Oct 28

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab): I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, but he may want to reflect on this now, although he might have been about to do so in due course. He referred to the CPS, but in July the CPS confirmed that, following an agreement made by prosecutors, police, Border Force, the National Crime Agency and the Home Office, it will no longer prosecute illegal entry...

Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab):...For example, according to the National Crime Agency  there is evidence that asylum seekers can often be forced to carry out work without pay for smuggling gangs. In an investigation by The Independent newspaper, migrants reported traffickers taking their money for crossings to the UK, only to then demand that they work for free in order to make the journey, and that work includes being forced to steer vessels during dangerous crossings...

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