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UK proposes radical plan to stop migrant boats

Migrants are escorted ashore from a UK Border Force vessel in Dover in southeast England after being picked up at sea. (Photo: AFP)

LONDON: The UK government Tuesday unveiled radical plans to stop migrants crossing the English Channel illegally on small boats, acknowledging it is stretching international law amid an outcry from rights campaigners.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the plan would "take back control of our borders once and for all" — reprising a popular pledge from campaigners like him who backed Britain's Brexit divorce from the European Union (EU).

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