Just over 19,500 migrants have been intercepted in boats and brought ashore so far this year: 345 arrived on Wednesday.
The government, which says the increasing numbers put unsustainable pressure on public finances and services, wants to criminalise people seeking asylum via small boat crossings, and deport them to Rwanda.The UN says that would be in breach of international law.
Sunak has also described levels of regular immigration, by people with visas or work permits for example, as “too high”. The latest figures showed that some 90 percent of people arriving in the UK by small boat in the 12 months to June had claimed asylum. Rights campaigners blame the backlog, which Sunak has vowed to clear by year-end, on government failures to process applications in a timely fashion.
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