Today, the Government announced that they have agreed a working arrangement with Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, as the latest step to stop the boats, which put lives at risk.
- The UK has been making strong progress, with the number of small boat crossings down by 36 per cent last year and more than 24,000 people with no right to be in the UK removed. The new agreement with Frontex will provide the UK with access to new levers and intelligence to make the UK’s borders safer and more secure and help crack down on vile people smuggling gangs.
- While we are sticking to our plan and making progress, the Labour Party have no plan to tackle the small boat crossings. They have said they will scrap our Rwanda plan and continue to vote against our measures to tackle illegal immigration – they will take us back to square one with open borders.
