Council: Home Office has ‘questions to answer’ on Portsmouth migrant landing

The Government would need to adapt if Dover was no longer the destination of choice, Hampshire and Isle of Wight police and crime commissioner said (PA) - (PA Wire)

A decision to allow life boats carrying hundreds of migrants to dock in Portsmouth, where widespread protests ensued, “put people at risk” and caused “needless disruption”, the city’s council leader said.

Council leader Steve Pitt said the Home Office has “serious questions to answer” after an “unsuitable” location was chosen to disembark the RNLI boats carrying the 140 or so migrants on Sunday.