Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 1
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Accepted
No single magical solution exists for managing complex migration challenges effectively.
Conclusion
Migration, including irregular migration across the English Channel, is an issue on which no magical single solution is possible and on which detailed, evidence- driven, properly costed and fully tested policy initiatives are by far most likely to achieve sustainable incremental change. (Paragraph 2) Management of the asylum system
Government Response Summary
The government agrees there is no silver bullet for illegal migration, stating it has repeatedly warned of this and is already pursuing a multi-faceted approach, including the Rwanda partnership and Nationality and Borders Act.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government is committed to tackling illegal migration and stopping dangerous small boats crossings. Despite the press notice accompanying this report suggesting otherwise, the Government has repeatedly warned there is no silver bullet. While the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda is important to achieve our objectives, it is only one element of our plan to tackle illegal migration. And there were dozens of new measures made available via the Nationality and Borders Act. We have three very clear objectives: to increase the fairness and efficacy of our system so that we can better protect and support those in genuine need of asylum; to deter illegal and dangerous routes of entry to the UK, thereby breaking the business model of criminal smuggling networks and protecting the lives of those they endanger; and to remove more easily from the UK those with no right to be here.