To respond to these criticisms, Ms Patel’s bill proposes a one-stop-shop where asylum seekers will have to file all of their evidence in support of their asylum claim and potential grounds for appeal against a rejected claim early in the process.

It is considered by Ms Patel to be one of the most important reforms and is designed to end the appeals’ merry-go-round, which means that requests take on average more than 500 days to process, despite delays and problems. which ensue in the search to remove them from the UK.

9. Offshore processing centers for migrants

Offshore processing centers which are also promulgated by the Nationalities and Borders Bill are “still on the table”, according to ministers, although they were pushed back last week by Albania after ministers opened preliminary talks for the Balkan state to host them.

Channel migrants could be airlifted within seven days of arriving in the UK to be held in the centers while their asylum claims are processed. They would not return to the UK if they were rejected. It is seen by many Conservative MPs as a reform essential to undo the “pull” factor of coming to Britain.

The downsides are the cost – estimated at £ 100,000 for a migrant sent to Albania, for example – and finding countries ready to welcome British asylum seekers.

10. France’s proposal for reception centers for asylum seekers in France

Pierre-Henri Dumont, MP for Calais, proposed that reception centers – located miles from the northern coast of France – be used to accommodate migrants from which they could lodge asylum applications, including to the United Kingdom. Their removal to the centers would be compulsory.

This, he argues, would eliminate the need for migrants to make the perilous crossing of the English Channel. If refused, they would be deported to their country of origin. If they were accepted, they would cross the UK. “They would have a safe route to the UK if this request were granted,” he said.