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A group of people, including a child, are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel
THE navy is reportedly threatening to “walk away” from the government’s scheme to reduce small-boat crossings, just three months after it was put in charge of the English Channel.
Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel put the military in command of operations to prevent asylum-seekers reaching Britain in small boats in mid-April.
Since then, it is understood that 250-300 military personnel have been deployed on busy days to police refugees in the English Channel.
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
RNLI confirms death following medical emergency