A controversial immigration law was announced in the British Parliament this week. It is about Illegal migration lawwhich has been shown to be incompatible with human rights.

The bill, proposed by the administration of Rishi Sunakhas as purpose prohibit asylum applications from people arriving via irregular routes. AlsoThey are barred from entering the UK for life and given no chance of obtaining UK citizenship.

The exceptions to the deportation are for minors under the age of 18, people who are ill or who can demonstrate immediate and irreparable harm if they are deported from the UK country.

“We will stop those who arrive here illegally and we will deport them in a few weeks, either to their own country, if it is safe, or to a safe third country like Rwanda,” said Sunak, the head of the government.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said in an interview with the Sun that Britain “must stop the ships”.

“It has to be that if you come here illegally, you are quickly detained and deported,” he said.

Last year, More than 45,000 people reached the British coast via the English Channelcompared to the 280 who did in 2018, the date the records started, says El Confidencial.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the blanket ban preventing people from seeking asylum and other forms of international protection in the UK is “It would violate the commitments made in the field of human rights and refugee law.”

“The legislation also raises several specific human rights concerns, such as the violation of the right to individual inquiry and the prohibition of refoulement and collective expulsion, as well as the arbitrary detention of immigrants,” added Volker Turk.