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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

Failure to stop two migrant boats in two days ‘not acceptable’ – Home Secretary

Border Security Command vessel HMC Vigilant returns to the Border Security Command compound in Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

The failure to intercept two migrant boats in two days before they reached the Kent coast was “not acceptable”, Shabana Mahmood has said.

The Home Secretary, who has ordered an urgent review by the Border Security Command, said “even one” uncontrolled landing is “one too many”.

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