Britain to pass laws to tackle radicalisation, immigration

The British government will introduce a bill to tackle radicalisation and immigration problems in the country, a media report said on Wednesday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will tell the National Security Council that the anti-radicalisation bill will be in the Queen's speech on May 27, BBC reported.

Besides powers to close down premises used by radical groups, the bill will also include new immigration rules.

"What we are proposing is a bill which will have certain measures within it, measures such as introducing banning orders for groups and disruption orders for individuals, for those who are out there actively trying to promote this hatred and intolerance," Home Secretary Theresa May was quoted as saying.

The extreme disruption orders would apply if ministers "reasonably believe" a group intended to incite religious or racial hatred, or if there was a pressing need to protect the public from harm, May said.

She added that economic migrants rescued from the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe should be returned home. May indicated that she wanted to remove incentives to the migrants as she said offering resettlement regardless of circumstances would encourage more to make "perilous journeys".

According to BBC, a British warship rescued about 450 people from the Mediterranean on Wednesday.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) fears over 1,750 people have already lost their lives in the Mediterranean this year -- 30 times more than in the same period of 2014 -- amid an unrelenting surge in migrant crossings.

If the migrant crisis continues unabated, there could be 30,000 deaths at sea this year and Italy will have to handle 200,000 would-be asylum seekers landing on its soil, aid groups predict.

The UN, the European Parliament and some charities have urged the European Union (EU) executive to expand its limited Triton border patrol mission to include search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.