UK PM Sunak Defends New Controversial Crackdown On Illegal Migration
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday defended his new "Stop the Boats" crackdown on migrants making unsafe journeys across the English Channel to illegally cross over into the UK from neighbouring France.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday defended his new "Stop the Boats" crackdown on migrants making unsafe journeys across the English Channel to illegally cross over into the UK from neighbouring France.
Rishi Sunak was challenged during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons by the Opposition over the feasibility of the Illegal Migration Bill tabled in Parliament, which would see all those arriving illegally on such "small boats" either returned to their home country or another "safe third country".
Additionally, anyone found to have entered the country illegally blocked from returning or claiming British citizenship in future.
"Stopping the boats is not just my priority, it's the people's priority," he told MPs.
