More than 250 migrants successfully crossed the English Channel on Sunday as the UK government’s stated Rwanda relocation plan has so far failed to deter illegals from arriving.
Britain’s plan to deter illegal migrants by sending asylum seekers to Rwanda appears now to be in jeopardy, as channel crossings once again resume in force after an 11-day pause during a spate of bad weather.
The migrant relocation plan — which has yet to kick off in earnest — had already been on choppy water thanks to many activist lawyers vowing to challenge it in the courts, while civil servants threatened to walk out of their Home Office jobs in the hopes of prompting a government u-turn on the policy.
However, another major blow has just been dealt to Boris Johnson’s migrant deterrence project after more than 250 people managed to land in Dover on Sunday by crossing the English Channel…