But the plan to relocate some asylum seekers to Rwanda is criticised as 'cruel' by a refugee charity.
Some asylum seekers will be flown to Rwanda to have their applications processed, under new government plans.
But in his speech, Mr Johnson will argue that action is needed to stop "vile people smugglers" turning the ocean into a "watery graveyard". "We cannot sustain a parallel illegal system," Mr Johnson will say. "Our compassion may be infinite, but our capacity to help people is not." Those measures - including the Rwanda processing proposal - are designed to deter people from crossing the Channel in small boats.
Instead, record numbers of asylum seekers have been turning up in dinghies beneath the white cliffs of Dover. This year has already seen 4,578 arrivals and looks set to be a new record. Ministers will have to explain why Rwanda is the right place to entrust with protecting the human rights of vulnerable asylum seekers who hoped the UK would protect them.The government's Nationality and Borders Bill includes a provision to create offshore immigration processing centres for asylum seekers.
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