The Home Secretary’s action comes as the number of migrants trying to reach the UK soars again, and amid growing anger in Government that tech companies are allowing people-smugglers to use their platforms to advertise their criminal services. One video showing migrants travelling from Calais to Dover has been seen more than 800,000 times on Chinese-owned TikTok. Now is the time to act before it is too late.’At least 4,300 Channel migrants have already arrived in the UK this year, including more than 1,000 in the past week. Ms Patel decided to act after being advised by the National Crime Agency (NCA) that social media was playing an increasingly key role in the people-smuggling business. Ms Patel has also called on the French to do more to tackle the migrant vessels at sea.
