Dinghy carrying more migrants across the English Channel intercepted by authorities
Telegraph, 07 Aug 2020
The Navy could be called in to help reduce the number of illegal migrants crossing the Channel after 235 reached the UK in a new record for a single day.
Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, has ordered a review of the UK's current sea capability in the Channel, which could see the Navy recalled to help tackle the situation for the first time since her predecessor, Sajid Javid, requested military aid last January.
"We are looking at what other assets might be needed – including, potentially, the Navy," said a Government source. "We would need to decide their exact role, but we don't want them to become a taxi service."
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Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, has ordered a review of the UK's current sea capability in the Channel, which could see the Navy recalled to help tackle the situation for the first time since her predecessor, Sajid Javid, requested military aid last January.
"We are looking at what other assets might be needed – including, potentially, the Navy," said a Government source. "We would need to decide their exact role, but we don't want them to become a taxi service."
Read more at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/06/migrant-crossings-investigated-mps-100-cross-channel/
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