{"id":1231686,"date":"2022-01-22T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1231686"},"modified":"2022-01-22T13:37:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:37:51","slug":"uk-looks-to-detain-all-male-migrants-crossing-the-english-channel-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-looks-to-detain-all-male-migrants-crossing-the-english-channel-report\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Looks to Detain ALL Male Migrants Crossing the English Channel: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-looks-to-detain-all-male-migrants-crossing-the-english-channel-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1231686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237804588-e1642851885388-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The UK is said to be looking at detaining all male migrants intercepted while crossing the English Channel under plans being drawn up by the government.<\/p>\n<p>While migrants who successfully land on English soil are in breach of the law, and as such can be detained, authorities do not currently have the same powers regarding those intercepted during the crossing by the Border Force, which counts for the majority of illegal boat migrants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, this may soon change, with a plan drawn up by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel outlining a future where all single male migrants caught crossing the Channel will also be detained, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/all-male-migrants-face-detention-if-intercepted-at-sea-x378flgvw\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>The Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Patel is also reportedly working closely with the Attorney General of England and Wales to establish what current laws such migrants could be detained under, and what new powers are needed.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;Nationality and Borders Bill currently going through parliament is set to make crossing the English Channel without prior clearance to enter the UK an offence punishable by up to four years in prison as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Also being considered by the British government are plans to outsource asylum claims to third party countries, such as Rwanda. The UK is also seeking to build bilateral migrant return agreements with nations such as France, though previous attempts by the British government to do this have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/04\/france-says-non-to-british-proposals-to-end-channel-migrant-crisis\/\">outright rejected<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n<p>One government official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/all-male-migrants-face-detention-if-intercepted-at-sea-x378flgvw\">told<\/a> <em>The Times<\/em> that ministers believe that making the UK less attractive to migrants is the best way of reducing the number of people crossing the Channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re convinced this is the way to create a deterrent,\u201d the source said. \u201cTheir thinking is \u2018you make it worse and worse, more draconian and it\u2019ll stop people coming\u2019. They\u2019re absolutely convinced that tough deterrents are the way to fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage: Deploying Navy to Channel Migrant Crisis is \u2018Expensive Taxi Service\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayDvQSs4Hf\">https:\/\/t.co\/ayDvQSs4Hf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1484152480451608577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others have also previously criticised how attractive the UK is to would-be migrants, with the French in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/france-uk-is-too-economically-attractive-for-illegal-migrants\/\">heaping blame<\/a> on Britain for the crisis which saw over 28,000 illegals land on UK shores last year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>France\u2019s Interior Minister,&nbsp;G\u00e9rald Darmanin, lambasted the British government last year, saying that migrants were being \u201cattracted by England, especially the labour market which means you can work in England without any identification\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain must take its responsibility and limit its economic attractiveness,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Arch Brexiteer Nigel Farage has also slammed how attractive the UK is to migrants, saying that it wouldn\u2019t matter if you put \u201c20,000 police on the beaches in France\u201d because of the pull factors present in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is possible that by the spring or summer of [2022] this will become a national emergency,\u201d Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/28\/farage-slams-boris-for-rudderless-response-to-migrant-crisis\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cI think the numbers that will come will dwarf what you are currently seeing. I\u2019ve not been wrong on a single prediction on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farage\u2019s warning was followed by a subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/19\/uk-govt-warned-65000-illegal-boat-migrants-may-land-this-year\/\">report<\/a> that up to 65,000 migrants could make the crossing in 2022, though the Brexiteer has said that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/06\/farage-predicts-60000-boat-migrants-will-reach-britain-this-year\/\">could be even higher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Boris Johnson\u2019s government has since announced that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/17\/saving-his-own-skin-boris-johnson-deploys-military-to-secure-border-in-bid-to-boost-popularity\/\">Royal Navy<\/a> would be put in charge of operations in the Channel in the hopes of stemming the tide, but this has not in any way assuaged Farage\u2019s fears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing the Royal Navy to ferry migrants into Dover is a waste of military resources and a more expensive taxi service than border force,\u201d the ex-Brexit Party leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/20\/farage-deploying-navy-to-channel-migrant-crisis-is-expensive-taxi-service\/\">told<\/a> Breitbart London, saying that the move effectively meant making the navy an \u201cexpensive taxi service\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another 200 Illegals Land in Britain as Channel Crisis Continues Record-Setting Pace<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/clbF4xYgky\">https:\/\/t.co\/clbF4xYgky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1483408830746689536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK is said to be looking at detaining all male migrants intercepted while crossing the English Channel under plans being drawn up by the government. 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