Thank you for contacting me about the Government’s plan for ending illegal migration. I welcome that the Government is making significant progress in stopping the arrival of small boats, with crossings down by a third. This year, the Government has prevented 22,000 crossing attempts, seen the small boats deal with Albania lead to a 90% fall in crossings, and cut the asylum legacy backlog by more than 59,000 cases. Being able to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda is an essential deterrent and part of our full toolbox to stop the boats.
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