Migrants who arrive in Britain on small boats will be banned from returning or claiming citizenship under the government's planned immigration laws.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said: "Enough is enough. The British people want this solved.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.That's roughly the same amount that the government spends on its current asylum policies each year.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.
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