26/09/2026
⚖️ OUR AUGUST 2025 OPEN LETTER — NOW THE LAW HAS CHANGED
In August 2025, we published an open letter questioning the Government’s legal and political responsibility for protecting the public, enforcing immigration law and dealing with unlawful entry into the United Kingdom.
Now there is another question that deserves a clear answer:
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ILLEGAL MIGRATION ACT 2023?
On 2 December 2025, the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 received Royal Assent.
Section 41 expressly repealed major parts of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 — including sections 1–6 containing the duty-to-remove framework, together with numerous associated detention, removal and claims provisions.
The Government says its replacement legislation is designed to strengthen border security, tackle organised immigration crime and improve the asylum and immigration system.
But that leaves legitimate questions for the Government, including those who have held responsibility for its immigration policy:
❓ Why was the statutory duty-to-remove framework repealed?
❓ Why was so much of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 removed from the statute book rather than implemented?
❓ What removal framework has replaced it in practice?
❓ How many people entering the UK unlawfully are subsequently removed?
❓ How do the Government’s claims about increasing removals compare with the actual statistics?
❓ And most importantly: is the immigration law currently on the statute book being enforced effectively?
Our open letter was published in August 2025. Parliament has since fundamentally changed the legislative framework.
The public can reasonably ask what changed, why it changed, and what measurable results the replacement system is delivering.
THE LAW MATTERS. ENFORCEMENT MATTERS. ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS.