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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
George Lithgow

No guarantee small boat crossings will fall by next year, Home Secretary says

Migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel for the first time in 13 days on Monday (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

There is no guarantee that the number of small boat crossings will fall by this time next year, the Home Secretary has said.

Shabana Mahmood told MPs the number of crossings is “unacceptable”, but she said there is no “silver bullet” and the problem needs “long-term, careful, painful work” to resolve.

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