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autotldr t1_jdw896q wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 66%. (I'm a bot)


> A new immigration bill in the UK that aims to stop migrants crossing the Channel illegally on small boats from France is "Incompatible" with Britain's international obligations, Europe's top rights body said on Monday.

> In a letter addressed to both chambers of the UK parliament, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic, urged lawmakers to vote against the bill proposed by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative government.

> If passed, the bill would "Add to the already significant regression of the protection of the human rights" of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the UK and "Provide an incentive" to other states in Europe and beyond to adopt similar measures, she said.


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