Priti Patel will overhaul Border Force with new supremo in charge of stopping Channel crossings and overhauling 'broken' asylum system
- Home Secretary Priti Patel will unveil proposed new laws next week
- A new supremo is expected to be appointed to stop illegal Channel crossings
- Over 200 migrants on 14 boats reached the UK across the Channel this weekend
Priti Patel is set to overhaul the Border Force with new a supremo in charge of stopping Channel crossings.
The Home Secretary will unveil proposed new laws next week that will deny illegal migrants the right to settle in the UK.
The two directors general of Border Force and Immigration Enforcement are expected to quit their positions.
Priti Patel, right, is set to overhaul the Border Force with new a supremo in charge of stopping Channel crossings
They will be replaced by a single supremo, The Telegraph reports.
The new appointee will be tasked with overhauling the UK's 'broken' asylum system.
Border Force was criticized last month after one of its vessels picked up Channel migrants in French waters and took them to Dover.
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It comes as over 200 migrants on 14 boats reached the UK across the Channel this weekend, making June the busiest month for crossings this year.
The Home Secretary is working on laws which could see migrants sent to an offshore immigration centre, a report revealed on Sunday.
It comes as over 200 migrants on 14 boats reached the UK across the Channel this weekend, making June the busiest month for crossings this year
The legislation would allow the country to build a processing centre of this kind for the first time as the total number of migrants arriving in the UK this year has reached 5,300.
Priti Patel is in discussions with Denmark to share an immigration centre in Africa and is also set to unveil plans to crackdown on people smugglers.
According to the Times, the plans will form part of the Nationality and Borders Bill and will see asylum seekers processed outside the UK in a bid to stop migrants making the dangerous journey across the English Channel.
Denmark is said to be considering a site in Rwanda where two Danish ministers visited last month to sign off a memorandum on asylum and migration, according to the newspaper.
A government source told The Times: 'The prime minister and home secretary are determined to look at anything that will make a difference on Channel crossings.'
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