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A infografia mostra os pontos chave da proposta de lei e o número de migrantes que chegam ao RU em pequenos barcos desde 2018.
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Controversa lei da imigração do RU

By Jordi Bou

March 8, 2023 - O governo conservador britânico propõe uma nova lei que impede a
entrada no RU de migrantes que chegam em pequenos barcos, mas os críticos dizem que pode criminalizar as tentativas de refugiados genuínos.

The measure is part of attempts to address an increase in the number of people arriving in the UK via Channel crossings each year, which rose from around 300 in 2018 to more than 45,000 in 2022.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the law would stop the “immoral” business of smuggling gangs who send desperate people on hazardous journeys across one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

But critics say the plan is unethical and unworkable, since people fleeing war and persecution can’t be sent home, and is likely to be the latest in a series of unfulfilled immigration pledges by successive UK governments.

Britain receives fewer asylum-seekers than some European nations – nine per 100,000 people in 2021, compared to a European Union average of 16 per 100,000. But thousands of migrants from around the world travel to northern France each year in hopes of reaching the UK.

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PUBLISHED: 08/03/2023; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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