I welcome the Government's world-first migration partnership with Rwanda announced yesterday. This announcement will:
Tackle illegal migration and control our borders
Set a new standard on asylum and resettlement
Help break the people smugglers’ business model and prevent loss of life, while ensuring protection for the genuinely vulnerable
This will see migrants arriving illegally have their asylum claim processed in Rwanda. Those whose claims are accepted will then be supported to build a new and prosperous life there in a thriving country recognised globally for its record on welcoming and integrating migrants.
It is vital to ensure that more people-smugglers who trade in life-threatening journeys across the channel can be referred for prosecution and brought to justice. I therefore welcome that the military will now take operational command of the channel. They will be assisted with £50 million in new funding which will provide new boats, aerial surveillance and expert military personnel, meaning they can better gather evidence for criminal investigations into people-smugglers.
You can find out more about this announcement at https://www.gov.uk/.../world-first-partnership-to-tackle...
