Patel to promise 'overhaul' of broken' UK asylum system
Ms Patel will pledge to introduce a new asylum system that welcomes people through"safe and legal routes" and stops those arriving illegally,"making endless legal claims to remain".
Ms Patel said the UK would make more"immediate returns" of people who arrive illegally"and break our rules, every single week".Image copyrightIt emerged this week the government considered building an asylum processing centre at Ascension Island - a remote UK territory in the Atlantic Ocean Meanwhile, Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has written to his cabinet colleagues calling for"bold and ambitious" bills for the next Queen's Speech, Downing Street has said.
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