Bill plans 'secure, stronger borders'

LAWS to 'modernise the asylum and immigration system' will underpin the government's bid to launch a security border command, paid for by money saved from the scrapped multi-million-pound stalled Rwanda plan.

The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, announced in the King's Speech, will establish the new Home Office unit, using counter-terror powers to fight organised immigration crime, documents detailing the plans said.

The Bill, which will apply across the UK if passed, will ensure 'secure and stronger borders and a properly controlled and managed asylum system, the government vowed, as it repeated general promises to clear the asylum backlog, to end the use of hotel accommodation and increase 'fasttrack returns for individuals coming from safe countries.