Rishi Sunak has pledged to push for reform of global refugee rules as he warned that failing to tackle illegal migration would “destroy the public’s faith” in politicians and governments.
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In a speech in Italy, the Prime Minister said that insufficient action would lead to growing numbers which will “overwhelm our countries and our capacity to help those who need our help most.”
He also warned that malign states were deliberately “driving people to our shores to try and destabilise our societies.”
Mr Sunak was speaking at a festival hosted by Giorgia Meloni’s populist Brothers of Italy party in Rome, as he attempts to persuade the Conservative Right and Tory voters that his Rwanda legislation would be sufficient to start deportation flights and deter future illegal Channel crossings.
Citing a need for world leaders to apply “Thatcher’s radicalism and drive” in tackling illegal migration, Mr Sunak said that both he and Ms Meloni, the Italian prime minister, were “determined to break the business model” of these criminal gangs involved in people trafficking.
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