British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Saturday that he would push for global reforms to the asylum system and warned the threat of growing number of refugees could "overwhelm" parts of Europe.
Speaking at a political event in Rome organised by his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni's right-wing party, Sunak said hostile powers would use illegal migration as a "weapon" to destabilise societies.
Speaking at a political event in Rome organised by his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni's right-wing party, Sunak said hostile powers would use illegal migration as a "weapon" to destabilise societies.
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00:00 Criminal gangs will find ever cheaper ways to ply their evil trade.
00:06 They will exploit our humanity and they think nothing of putting people's lives at risk
00:13 when they put them in these boats at sea.
00:16 And our enemies will also see that we are unable to deal with this
00:19 and then they will so increasingly use migration as a weapon,
00:23 deliberately driving people to our shores to try to destabilise our societies.
00:29 So if we do not tackle this problem, the numbers will only grow.
00:33 It will overwhelm our countries and our capacity to help those who actually need our help the most.