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       A major petition to axe benefits for asylum seekers travelling to the UK in small boats across the English Channel has reached another huge milestone. The online document now has 200,000 signatures, and half of this number is needed for the issue to possibly be debated by MPs. Bob Clements has called for the stoppage of "financial and other support for asylum seekers". He added: "This petition is to advocate a cessation of financial and other support provided to asylum seekers by the Government. This support currently includes shelter, food, medical care (including optical and dental), and cash support.

       "I believe that such provisions may inadvertently incentivise illegal migration, particularly via the English Channel. This petition is to urge the Government to discontinue these support measures and payments." The deadline to sign the petition is June 20, according to Parliament's website, after it has been live for six months. The Government responds when a suggestion has 10,000 people in support.

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       MPs may debate the petition in Parliament. (Image: Getty)

       The webpage says that the petition has been "waiting for four days for a government response".

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       If it reaches 100,000, MPs "might consider" it for a debate. The petition page currently reads: "Parliament will consider this for a debate. Parliament considers all petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures for a debate."

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       It adds that the document has been "waiting for two days for a debate date". Parliament's website guidance states: "Petitions which reach 100,000 signatures are almost always debated.

       "But we may decide not to put a petition forward for debate if the issue has already been debated recently or there’s a debate scheduled for the near future.

       "If that’s the case, we’ll tell you how you can find out more about parliamentary debates on the issue raised by your petition."

       It adds: "We may contact you about the issue covered by your petition.

       For example, we sometimes invite people who create petitions to discuss them with MPs or Government ministers or give evidence to a select committee.

       "We may also write to other people or organisations to ask them about the issue raised by your petition."

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       “Meanwhile, [the] 42,000 appeal backlog at the end of 2024 is projected to more than double to almost 100,000 by the end of this year, and the Home Secretary herself has admitted to the media that her White Paper would cut immigration by just 50,000. This is utterly inadequate."

       She added: “Without real deterrence and stricter measures, the visa processing delays will only worsen, so will the minister commit today to two concrete measures – first, implementing the previous Conservatives’ ￡38,000 threshold and introducing a legally binding annual migration cap that actually delivers accountability?”

       Labour migration minister Seema Malhotra said: “They quadrupled net migration to record levels, and she will indeed want to correct her facts I think on the immigration White Paper which will be reducing net migration by considerably more than she suggested, and indeed, what the Home Secretary has also said – now indeed, the latest figures show that since this Government came to power, almost 30,000 foreign criminals, failed asylum seekers and others with no right to be in the UK have been removed.”