Rishi Sunak has failed in his pledge to ‘Stop the Boats’, and the £480 million deal he signed with France in March is nothing more than a gargantuan waste of money. In fact, the French have intercepted fewer migrants in the Channel this year than they did in 2022. If the Prime Minister is truly committed to stopping the boats he must look to Australia and not France for inspiration. It is ten years this summer since Australia solved its own small boat problem. It did so with determination, courage and a refusal to be cowed by howls of outrage from those who champion a borderless world.
The people smugglers will be delighted that the EU continues to effectively endorse their lucrative and highly dangerous trade
It was Kevin Rudd’s Labour government that announced its ‘Regional Settlement Arrangement’ with Papua New Guinea. The scheme laid out a plan whereby any asylum seeker landing on Australian territory would be sent to Papua New Guinea for assessment.
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