Rishi Sunak has pledged to halt Channel boat crossings under new laws aimed at working around the European Convention on Human Rights.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman will formally propose the new legislation in the Commons on Tuesday.“They are sick of tough talk and inadequate action. We must stop the boats."
Home Office figures show 2,950 migrants have crossed the Channel already this year, compared with a record 45,000 during the whole of 2022.Under the new laws, asylum claims made by those who arrive in the UK on small boats will be inadmissable. The home secretary will also be expected to send small boat arrivals to Rwanda or a "safe third country" as soon as "reasonably practicable".The laws will also seek to ban Channel arrivals from returning once removed.Red Cross strategy director Christina Marriott told the PA news agency that the proposals are “extremely concerning”.
She said: “The Home Office knows from its own research that this will also do little to prevent people risking their lives to seek safety. “Again and again, we hear from people that they have no prior knowledge of the UK’s asylum system, so making it harsher is not an effective strategy."
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