(Sky News) A group of more than 50 MPs has written to PM Rishi Sunak, urging him to introduce emergency legislation which will cut small boat crossings of the Channel.
The group, which includes former cabinet ministers, called for the rapid implementation of a “simple” change in the modern slavery laws to make it easier for people they believe are “bogus asylum seekers,” who say they are victims of trafficking, to be returned.
The demand comes as Mr Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman face pressure to prevent the crossings and improve the conditions which asylum seekers experience in the UK.
In a letter formulated by former Brexit secretary David Davis, the Tory backbenchers say the Channel crossings are a “Gordian Knot [seemingly unsolvable problem] that needs cutting with a simple policy.”
