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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’.

Watch the scene in the House of Commons as Suella Braverman announces her plan to stop illegal channel crossings.

Rishi Sunak inherited a political position from Liz Truss that was probably hopeless — but if he has any hope at all, he has two. The first hope, which it is not in his gift to control, is that the economy might turn in time and that he might take…

UNHCR says bill extinguishes the right to seek refugee protection in the UK for those who arrive irregularly

Rishi Sunak says bill will ‘take back control of our borders’ but critics argue the proposals are unworkable

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