Tag: migrants

Last month, Patel claimed that people crossing the Channel are “not genuine asylum seekers” and just want to stay in hotels.

“Everyone here is saying to me that because of Brexit it is much easier to find safety in the UK,” one refugee said.

French authorities said more than 400 people were rescued during a French-led rescue operation in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais on Tuesday night and into Wednesday.

"I don't think I have seen a more idiotic plan in all my years covering news."

'As soon as one or more of those migrants panic or think it will be quicker to get on board the vessel by getting into the water, then push back immediately stops and you have the requirement to save life at sea under at least three international conventions.'

Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, publicly criticised the home secretary after a tense meeting on Wednesday.

“One girl was sleeping on a sofa in an office, as the only available separate sleeping accommodation," Priti Patel has been told.

Around 2,000 migrants are reportedly living in northern France as they wait to cross the Channel.