Labour MPs have called for a Rwanda-style deportation scheme as official figures showed the number of asylum applications in the UK reaching a new record high.
Home Office data showed a total of 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June - up 14 per cent from 97,107 in the year to June 2024.
It is the highest number for any 12-month period since current records began in 2001.
Of the claims, 39 per cent were made by people who arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel.
Just over a year ago, Labour MPs were elected to Parliament on a party manifesto that pledged to scrap the previous Tory government's migration deal with Rwanda.
