Refugees who cross the Channel in small boats will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, the Home Secretary announced today.
Suella Braverman recieved two standing ovations during her first major speech in which she told Tory conference it is "not racist for anyone to want to control our borders".
The new laws – which go further than the Nationality and Borders Act which came into force in June – would impose a blanket ban on anyone deemed entering the UK illegally from seeking refuge.
