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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

Priti Patel slaps down Macron and her own colleague over migrants' boats in Channel

Tory ministers were at war today over whether Royal Navy ships would intercept migrants’ inflatables in the English Channel.

Home Secretary Priti Patel slapped down Defence Minister James Heappey, who previously claimed naval vessels would not intercept the dinghies bringing migrants through the Dover Strait.

She insisted plans were still being drawn up for how navy boats would deal with migrants making the perilous crossing.

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