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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Anahita Hossein-Pour

Tories brand blaming weather ‘lazy’ as likely days for Channel crossings double

The number of days with good weather conditions for migrants to cross the English Channel this year have more than doubled compared to previous years, new Home Office data shows.

The Government published the statistics just days after a record number of daily arrivals for this year, as the Conservatives likened ministers blaming the weather to being a lazy student claiming ‘the dog ate my homework’.

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