Rishi Sunak wants a new cross-Channel deal with France to include targets for how many boats are stopped from reaching the UK to prevent Britain’s asylum system collapsing, The Times has been told.
Ministers and officials will review a draft deal that was close to being signed with France to make it “more ambitious”, government sources said. They want it to include a minimum number of French officers patrolling the beaches at any one time.
There will also be new internal targets for Home Office staff to process 80 per cent of asylum claims within six months after it was revealed that the average case took 480 days. Staff could be awarded bonuses if they met certain targets, with one proposal including a new goal
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