Rishi Sunak 'confident' UK-France deal can cut Channel crossings
Guardian, 14 Nov 2022
The prime minister said he was confident that asylum seeker numbers could be reduced, but refused to say it would happen next year as a result of the deal with France.
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Asked if he could guarantee that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats would fall from this year’s record high as a result of the deal, Sunak at first refused to answer the question. Pressed again on whether numbers would fall next year, he replied: 'I’m confident that we can get the numbers down, but I also want to be honest with people that it isn’t a single thing that will magically solve this. We can’t do it overnight'
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