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Will the Nationality and Borders Bill break international law?

The government’s Nationality and Borders Bill returns to the Commons this week.

New legislation will criminalise people knowingly arriving in the UK without permission and will also introduce longer maximum sentences for those entering the UK without a legal reason.

The government hopes the overhaul of asylum rules will deter migrants crossing the English Channel, but Labour said the blueprint would potentially break international law.

David Grossman reports.

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