Priti Patel to reveal proposals for offshore centres for asylum seekers

Borders bill will allow for charges against migrants knowingly' arriving in UK without permission

Ministers are to reveal proposals for a suite of new laws paving the way for offshore centres for asylum seekers and criminal charges for migrants knowingly" arriving in the UK without permission.

The nationality and borders bill, formerly known as the sovereign borders bill, has been described by the Home Office as containing the most radical changes to the broken asylum system in decades" making it harder for those who enter illegally to stay in the UK.