BORIS JOHNSON has vowed to crack down on people smugglers in the English Channel, as his party is set to unveil a new plan to send migrants and asylum seekers offshore to Rwanda to be processed, reports state.
will sign a deal with the African country on Thursday, after failing to reach an agreement for a similar deal in Albania and Ghana.will claim to be “taking back control of illegal immigration” and stopping “vile people smugglers” from turning the sea into a “watery graveyard”.It is hoped the deal will reduce the record number of people crossing the Channel, as more than 5,000 have already done so this year.
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