UK Border Force officials have brought a group of suspected migrants ashore in Dover after they sailed across the Channel. It is one of a spate of crossings over the last few days, intensifying a political row with France over the issue. Latest:
She has since called the figures"appalling" and levelled blame at her counterparts on the continent as she revealed the UK and French governments were locked in a row over the interpretation of maritime law.
The Sunday Telegraph reported France wants £30m to cover the costs of increased policing to stop the migrants crossing into English waters.Migrants beach landing 'was a mad show' Bridget Chapman, spokeswoman for the Kent Refugee Action Network, said the government's handling of the situation is"increasingly chaotic"."They have spent millions of pounds of taxpayers' money fortifying the port at Calais, have increased patrols in the Channel, and are now escalating a failing strategy by calling in the military to deal with a humanitarian situation.
"Priti Patel has said that she wants to make the Channel 'unviable' for people attempting to cross. But what is unviable is her approach."A government source told Sky News earlier this weekend that a"passive blockade" in the Channel was being considered. Natalie Elphicke, the Conservative MP for Dover, is calling for migrants to be returned to France irrespective of whether they are picked up in British or French waters.
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