Rishi Sunak will on Tuesday put himself on a collision course with human rights campaigners with new migration legislation that he claims will “take back ­control of our borders, once and for all”.

The illegal migration bill will include a “duty” on the home secretary to remove nearly all migrants who arrive in Britain without permission, overriding their right to claim asylum.

Home secretary Suella Braverman told the Daily Express the bill would push “the boundaries of international law” and the measure would likely to be tested in the courts.

Some Tory MPs have said they would oppose any measure that clashed with Britain’s obligations under international law, including the European Convention of Human Rights.

Under the new law, only the under-18s and the sick arriving in small boats would be allowed to apply for asylum.

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