'It cannot go on': Sunak says migrants crackdown needed as current system 'unfair on British people'
Speaking earlier in Dover to mark the announcement, he said removals could happen"within weeks".
"In the last two years the numbers of people crossing the Channel illegally has more than quadrupled. That is the scale of what is happening.When pressed on what success would look like, the prime minister refused to set specific targets, saying it is"us stopping the boats" and"having a system where people coming here illegally are returned".
Any other claims, including the right to private or family life, will be heard remotely after they have been removedDeportation can only be deferred for modern slavery when a person is cooperating with law enforcement agencies in trafficking investigations
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