Rishi Sunak is the latest Tory prime minister to make a crackdown on small boats crossing the Channel one of their priorities. But his government has admitted that his plan will 'push the boundaries of international law', and critics have branded it 'unworkable' and 'costly'.
and said while previous bills have made a start on gripping this,"what we are announcing today takes that work forward".Despite plans such as forcibly removing asylum seekers to Rwanda being mired in legal challenges, ministers were expected to approach the limits of the European Convention on Human Rights with the new legislation.
According to The Times, this will take precedence over human rights and modern slavery claims, and there will be new powers to mass detain arrivals. The government has paid more than £140m to the east African nation for deportations, but no flights forcibly carrying migrants to the capital of Kigali have taken off because of legal challenges.
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