The Home Secretary has authorised Border Force to "push back" vessels carrying desperate people across the Channel, it's understood. Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said: "Turning boats around at sea in the world’s busiest shipping channel is dangerous and risks lives. According to the Home Office, 785 migrants, including young children and a baby, arrived in the UK on Monday after making the Channel crossing from France in small boats. Those include only using them on larger, sturdier migrant boats and in very limited circumstances. Priti Patel personally gave the green light for the tactics after receiving legal advice that said they were lawful, it's understood.

Source: Daily Mirror September 09, 2021 07:13 UTC