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Originally Posted by Hugh
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Even if its's passed, the attempt to copy Australia looks set to fail as Australia can send boats back to the countries they came from and the UK cannot.
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Australia’s methods, however controversial, have been more effective at preventing people from reaching its borders irregularly by sea.
It has achieved this because it could intercept the migrants in international waters in boats that were much larger than those typically used in the Channel, making them easier to spot. It was then able to turn back those on board to their countries of departure under agreements with the relevant governments. A smaller number of migrants were sent to detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
“Because the boats were intercepted, people stopped trying. You cannot do that in the Channel,” said Colin Yeo an immigration lawyer and author of the Free Movement blog, pointing out there were no international waters on the routes favoured by smugglers between France and Britain. “The idea that removing a few hundred or thousand to Rwanda would stop the others coming has no basis.”
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https://www.ft.com/content/c666ae8f-...3-4c3f12841525