The Home Secretary is promising a fresh crackdown on boats crossing the Channel - but one veteran Tory has rubbished her plans.

Suella Braverman told activists at the Conservative Party Conference today that she would ban those making the perilous journey to Kent's shores from claiming asylum.

But North Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale tweeted: "The new Home Secretary’s dog-whistle response to illegal immigration may play well at a party conference but what is needed is a mature and realistic response to a very real international problem not a childish re-write of failed UKIP soundbites."

This comes as figures show more than 32,000 asylum seekers have already reached the UK on inflatable vessels this year.

“I have to be straight with you there are no quick fixes - the situation is chronic," Ms Braverman told party members this afternoon.

"We've got to stop the boats crossing the Channel - this has gone on for far too long.

"Organisers of criminal gangs are selling a lie to thousands of people."

The senior Tory revealed the government will take steps to introduce laws barring anyone who crosses the Channel from claiming asylum in Britain.

Ms Braverman claimed she would ensure human rights laws could not interfere with the UK's ability to deport those who made the journey.

She insisted that the policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda to process their applications would continue.

“We need to find a way to make the scheme work,” she added.

"We need to take back control. We simply cannot go on like this."

She also pledged to end the the policy of putting asylum seekers in hotels, saying it was costing the UK £5m a day.

Ms Braverman asserted the only way into the UK will be "a safe and legal route", while those who enter illegally would be "swiftly" returned to their home country or relocated to Rwanda.

She was loudly cheered when she said the government would resist those who tried to stop it.

"The Labour Party will try to stop us, the Lib Dems will go bananas and The Guardian will have a meltdown," the Home Secretary continued.

"Don't get me started on the lawyers."

But she acknowledged that the French authorities were having some success at breaking up gangs.

The Conservative said French patrols had stopped about half of all crossing attempts.

"It is not bigoted to say we have too many asylum seekers who are abusing the system," Ms Braverman stated.

"It is not xenophobic to say mass and rapid immigration places pressure on housing, public services and community relations."

Analysis: KentOnline political editor Paul Francis reacts to the Home Secretary's speech

Suella Braverman isn’t the first Home Secretary to have promised to get a grip on the asylum issue and almost certainly won't be the last.

Her five predecessors made similar commitments and to a large extent few of them succeeded.

Is there any difference between her stance and that of those who had the job before her?

It is hard to tell in the absence of many of the details of the government's approach. Speeches at party conference are not where you get policy details; they are all about setting the right mood music and pushing the buttons that delegates like to be reassured with.

On that front she acquitted herself more than adequately - the audience jumped the gun and gave her a premature ovation.

She could have read out the contents of the telephone directory and received similar acclaim.

The new Prime Minister may have looked on enviously, wondering how she is going to win over the party faithful in her own speech tomorrow.

For once, being Home Secretary - traditionally seen as a political graveyard - might just be a less challenging job.