Priti Patel says it is 'surprising that those institutions that criticise the plans fail to offer their own solutions' to tackle small boat crossings in the Channel.
His thoughts were echoed by Mr Cottrell, who said the UK"can do better than this" and it is the people who exploit asylum seekers that the country needs to"crack down" on.First glimpse inside the centre that will house Channel migrants
They continued to defend the scheme by saying:"It will disrupt the business model of organised crime gangs and deter migrants from putting their lives at risk."Conservative MPs have broadly backed the plans but they have been criticised by Labour politicians, human rights groups, and theSome Tory MPs suggested on Twitter that religious leaders should stay out of politics, saying the two archbishops had overstepped the mark.
"What I'm worried about with the Rwanda policy is it won't achieve what they are after, it's also likely to be horrendously expensive, and we have to have a great care at this time for taxpayers' money," he argued.
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