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Evening Standard
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David Lynch

Public has ‘every right to be angry’ about small boats crossings, PM says

A group of people thought to be migrants wade into the sea to board an approaching small boat at Gravelines, France (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

The public has “every right to be angry” about small boats crossing the English Channel, Sir Keir Starmer said after more than a thousand migrants made the journey in a single day for the first time this year.

The Prime Minister suggested he was “angry too”, after Home Office data showed 1,195 migrants arrived in 19 boats on Saturday.

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