UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says asylum seekers arriving in Britain on small boats through the English Channel will be prevented from staying.
Under pressure from his own lawmakers to find stop the arrival of asylum seekers in Britain, Sunak has made stopping small boats one of his five key priorities.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman says that the only way into Britain would be a “safe and legal route.
Sunak says the new powers are a step towards fulfilling his pledge to “stop the boats once and for all.