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The U.K. government says it's ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel

The Home Secretary said it would ‘betray’ British voters not to tackle the ‘waves of illegal migrants’.

Britain's government will on Tuesday set out plans for a new law barring those entering the country through unofficial routes from claiming asylum, in a bid to stop tens of thousands of migrants arriving on its shores in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping boat arrivals one…

From jetski patrols to Rwanda deportations, the Tories have not been short of schemes to deter small boats

Home secretary to be placed under new legal duty to deport people coming across Channel

In today’s newsletter: As Rishi Sunak unveils new plans to solve the small boats crisis, here’s a guide to dozens of previous initiatives that have fallen short

Proposed law, criticised as cruel and unworkable, could be made to apply retrospectively from Tuesday

The Prime Minister will travel to Paris on Friday, but has failed to persuade French President Emmanuel Macron to take back asylum seekers who cross the Channel

The UK Government is set to outline plans which will prevent people who cross the Channel illegally from being able to claim asylum.