A Home Office spokesperson said: “We all want to end dangerous small boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security. “The people-smuggling gangs do not care if the vulnerable people they exploit live or die, as long as …
Mr Speaker, in recent months the UK has seen a completely unacceptable increase in illegal migration through small boat crossings from France to the UK. This Government and the Home Secretary are working relentlessly to stop these crossings. Illegal migration …
INTRODUCTION No one should be making these dangerous and illegally-facilitated crossings from France to the UK. France is a safe country, with a well-run asylum system. The Home Office is working in collaboration with the French Government and the relevant …
Security Minister Brandon Lewis has written in the Daily Express about cracking down on the illegal activities of smugglers in order to protect vulnerable people being forced to undertake dangerous journeys. ----- Illegal migration is a criminal activity. Not only …
Tony Eastaugh, Home Office Director for Crime & Enforcement “We are tackling illegal migrant crossings on all fronts with every agency including Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, NCA and policing teams working in tandem with the French authorities. We have three …
