Suella Braverman has proposed a five-point plan for the government to implement in order to stop the boats, urging that the government delay its Christmas vacation in order to deal with the “emergency.”
She told Rishi Sunak that “tinkering with a failed plan” would not fix the situation.
The former Home Secretary, who was fired last week after writing an unapproved Op-Ed attacking the police, also attacked “unaccountable” international courts.
Suggesting Sunak should change international law and quit the European Convention on Human Rights, Braverman warned: “There is no longer any chance of stopping the boats within the current legal framework.”
She added: “Having committed to emergency legislation, the Prime Minister must now give Parliamentarians a clear choice: to either properly control illegal migration, or explain to the British people why they are powerless under international law and must simply accept ever greater numbers of illegal arrivals on these shores.”
Her five point plan, pitched as “five tests”, demanded the Government’s emergency legislation “address the Supreme Court’s concerns regarding Rwanda”, advising the Government to take “practical steps to improve Rwanda’s asylum system”, rather than just declaring it safe in law.
She also demanded the Bill enables flights to Rwanda to take off ahead of the next election, which will take place before January 2025.
Her third demand, was that “swift removal must mean swift removal”, explaining: “Those arriving illegally must be removed in a matter of days rather than months as under the Illegal Migration Act.
“This means amending the Act to ensure that removals to Rwanda are mandated under the duty to remove, with strict time limits.”