'We have to adapt' Chair of the Commons Defence Select Committee Tobias_Ellwood says the Royal Navy should 'lend support' to the Border Force with intercepting migrants in the channel. Read more on this story here:
Ms Pilcher added that she believes the number of migrants now reaching the English coast has increased in recent weeks."Before it used to be just men. Now we are seeing more women and children, even pregnant women."A pregnant woman walks near the coast of Dungeness after arriving in the UK. Pic: Susan Pilcher
Authorities had been braced for another significant influx of small boat crossings as weather conditions between France and England improve over the next few days. In a statement last week, immigration minister Chris Philp said:"The number of illegal small boat crossings we are seeing from France is unacceptably high.Police intercept migrant smugglers
The home affairs select committee, led by Labour MP Yvette Cooper, says it will get to the bottom of why the number of small boat crossings is on the rise.
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