Suella Braverman has insisted the Government's new crackdown on small boat Channel crossings will not break the law. 

The Home Secretary yesterday unveiled the Illegal Migration Bill which will allow the Government to detain and swiftly deport people who arrive on small boats. 

Ministers have acknowledged that the plans have a more than 50 per cent chance of breaching the UK’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. This means government lawyers believe it is more likely to fail than withstand a legal challenge. 

However, Ms Braverman said this morning that she believed the legislation will comply with the UK's international legal obligations as she said the migrant Channel crossings crisis must be addressed now because the "status quo is unacceptable". 

She told Sky News: "We are not breaking the law. We are very confident that our measures that we announced yesterday are in compliance with our international law obligations. 

"But it is really important to know that we need to take action. The status quo is unacceptable. 45,000 people arrived here illegally, sometimes fatally so, last year on small boats."

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