British government unable to show evidence Rwanda policy will cut Channel crossings

The Home Office could not offer modelling to show that the Rwanda policy would cut the number of people attempting to cross the Channel to Britain (Gareth Fuller/PA)

A Home Office minister in Britain was unable to point to any calculations that the British government’s Rwanda relocation policy will reduce the number of people arriving in the country via small boats.

Tom Pursglove, minister for justice and tackling illegal migration, told MPs it was “logical” that by striking at the business model of people traffickers, the amount of people crossing the English Channel would decline.