Rishi Sunak will deal with the 'gangs on small boats' who are attempting to cross the Channel, Nadhim Zahawi has said.
The Government is under intense pressure from Conservative MPs to get to grips with the issue of people traffickers using small boats to ferry migrants across the Channel.
And Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has suggested Albanians should be barred from claiming asylum in the UK as they are coming from a "demonstrably safe" country. Last week Mr Sunak held his first talks with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in which they agreed to close "loopholes" preventing the rapid return of failed asylum seekers, while Mr Jenrick suggested the Government was looking to go further.
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