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2022 is not yet one month old, but already around a thousand people have made "irregular" crossings from France to the United Kingdom – putting a spotlight back onto the issue of migration between the European Union and its former member state. Margaritis Schinas is European Commission Vice-President, and the…

The Home Office has announced a plan to bring in the Royal Navy to take charge of policing the English Channel after the number of migrants attempting the crossing in small boats tripled in 2021. Full details of the plan have not been revealed, but appear to involve the navy…

Move will offer traffickers ‘efficient conduit’, says Lord West

Critics branded the plan ‘cruel and inhumane’ and raised concerns about the Royal Navy being diverted from other priorities.

Critics slam PM Boris Johnson for ‘inhumane’ reported plan to put the navy in charge of English Channel operations.

The Tory Home Secretary confirmed the Royal Navy will be sent into the Channel - as a charity accused Boris Johnson of 'trying to protect his own career by bullying defenceless people'

More than 770 people have made the dangerous journey across the Channel in small boats so far this year

More detailed information on how the plan would work is yet to be provided, and questions have gone unanswered.

Labour also accuses PM of attempting to ‘chase headlines to distract from the total mess he is in as a result of rule-breaking parties in No 10’