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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Rishi Sunak suggests he can’t ‘stop the boats’ by general election

PA

Rishi Sunak has suggested that the English Channel crossings problem is too “complex” to allow him to fulfil his promise to stop the small boats by the next general election.

The prime minister renewed his commitment to stopping the boats and highlighted that the number of illegal migrants making the journey this year is “down for the first time in some years”.

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