Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a crackdown on smuggling routes across the English Channel, with the Royal Navy in charge of patrols and some asylum seekers to be flown 4,000 miles to Rwanda for processing.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he meets with navy and coast guard crews and announces a new border policy. LONDON — Promising to make good on Brexit promises to control Britain’s borders, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced a crackdown on smuggling routes across the English Channel in which most migrants will be quickly screened and detained, and those who do not meet strict asylum criteria will be flown 4,000 miles to Rwanda for processing there.
“It’s a striking fact that around 7 out of 10 of those arriving in small boats last year were men under 40, paying people smugglers to queue-jump and taking up our capacity to help genuine women and child refugees,” Johnson said.“This is particularly perverse as those attempting crossings are not directly fleeing imminent peril as is the intended purpose of our asylum system,” he said.
The opposition Labour Party called the proposal “unworkable, unethical and extortionate.” Advocacy groups warned that the measures could violate human rights. He said it is meant to “break the business model” of the smuggling gangs, which can make $400,000 for each launch of an unseaworthy dinghy. About 600 people made the crossing Wednesday. Johnson warned that thousands a day might make the attempt in the coming weeks, as the weather warms and the sea calms.
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