Sunak announces two new asylum barges and says plan to ‘stop the boats’ working

Sunak announces two new asylum barges and says plan to ‘stop the boats’ working

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ishi Sunak has announced two more barges to house asylum seekers off the coast of Britain as he insisted his plan to stop small boat crossings is “starting to work”.

The Prime Minister said the numbers making the journey across the Channel were down by around a fifth since last year but acknowledged the Government has “a long way still to go”.