Rishi Sunak's press conference on the government's new illegal migration bill.
Rishi Sunak said migrants arriving in the UK illegally will be removed "within weeks" as part of government plans to end Channel crossings
The PM said the Illegal Migration Bill will stop people claiming asylum in the UK if they arrive through unauthorised means
Home Secretary Suella Braverman told the House of commons that asylum seekers arriving illegally will be detained and face a lifetime ban on travelling to the UK after they are removed to a third country, like Rwanda, or their own country if it is safe
They will not be allowed to settle Britain or ever gain citizenship
Sunak described the plans as "tough" but "necessary and fair"
Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says the bill isn't a solution and lets people smugglers "off the hook"
The UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, said it is "profoundly concerned" by the Bill and if passed will amount to an "asylum ban" and "clear breach of the Refugee Convention"
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