Shadow Home Sec, Yvette Cooper says 'we need urgent action to stop boat crossings that are undermining our border security and putting lives at risk.' She also says the UK govt's illegal migration bill 'makes things easier' for criminal gangs.
But there are concerns some may have to travel hundreds of miles to the coast if the threads of peace sever.The potential for a humanitarian crisis - the WHO reckons only 16% of the country's medical facilities are functioning - has led to calls for the UK to open up routes to asylum seekers.
Mr Flynn said:"To be clear, and I think everyone in the House [of Commons] is aware of this, children in Sudan are already dying." He called for"more humanity" in the debate from all sides, and then asked if it was the government's plan"to detain and deport a child refugee who flees Sudan and comes to the United Kingdom?"
Mr Sunak said the UK has invested almost a quarter of a million pounds in humanitarian support in Sudan in the past five years - and noted the UK has welcomed almost 500,000 vulnerable people to the country in the"last few years".Moment first Britons land back in UK The question of how the UK will support potential asylum seekers outside of specific schemes like Ukraine, Afghanistan and Hong Kong has repeatedly cropped up as the government attempts to reform the immigration system.MPs were today debating amendments to the government's Illegal Migration Bill.
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