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No 10 rules out ID cards to tackle Channel migrant crisis

Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, is pictured in Downing Street on November 30 - Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency
Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, is pictured in Downing Street on November 30 - Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency

Downing Street has ruled out introducing identity cards to tackle the migrant Channel crossings crisis.

A new report published today by the Centre for Policy Studies think tank recommended introducing mandatory ID cards as part of a raft of new measures to combat the crossings.

Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, wrote the foreword to the report which has prompted speculation about which measures, if any, the Government could adopt.

No10 today insisted the Government has no plans to bring in ID cards. Asked if they are off the table, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman said: "You will know the Prime Minister was asked about this and made clear there are no plans to bring in ID cards. That hasn’t changed."

The report also recommended the introduction of indefinite detention of all asylum seekers who enter the country illegally.

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