Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Saturday (December 16) that he would push for global reforms to the asylum system and warned the threat of growing number of refugees could "overwhelm" parts of Europe.
Speaking at a political event in Rome organised by his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni's right-wing party, Sunak said hostile powers would use illegal migration as a "weapon" to destabilise societies.
Sunak survived a major threat to his leadership on Tuesday (December 12) when he won a vote in parliament on an emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, seeing off a rebellion from some of his lawmakers.
Last month, Italy agreed with Albania to build sea migrant reception centers in Albania to host migrants trying to come ashore in an effort to try to bring down numbers that have nearly doubled in the past year.
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