A UK Government minister has said the Royal Navy is now in control of the English Channel as part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's controversial immigration policy shake-up. Justice and migration minister Tom Pursglove said the service had been brought in to prevent small boats containing migrants from landing on Britain’s beaches.
He defended the UK’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda in a bid to curb Channel crossings. He said: “The Royal Navy is now in command in the Channel. That is the right thing to do because what that is helping us to do is build resource and build that expertise.
“One thing I know people in Kent, and I’ve spoken to people in Kent about this, the thing they’ve been very concerned about is beach landings. The Royal Navy’s additional expertise, as well as that extra resource, will help us to stop that.”
