Briefing on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Today (10th February), MPs will debate the Government’s new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

Ahead of its Second Reading, Safe Passage International has published this briefing to highlight the Bill’s major flaws—focusing on enforcement and border security while neglecting safe routes. Without a commitment to fix the UK’s broken family reunion system and create new, life-saving pathways to protection, this Bill risks failing on its own terms.

Drawing on our frontline experience supporting separated families, we set out key recommendations to turn this Bill into an opportunity to fix a failing system, save lives, and tackle smuggling gangs.