• Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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Javid admits migrant crisis at English channel is ‘deeply concering’

Sajid Javid, (Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo)

By: Sarwar Alam

The UK government on Monday (31) was struggling to find a solution to an escalating crisis involving small boats of migrants crossing the English Channel from France to seek refuge in Britain. Most of the migrants are from the Middle East, with a latest group of 12 Iranians detained from a dinghy off the Kent coastline. UK home secretary Sajid Javid cut short his Christmas and New Year holiday to return to work on Monday to chair a crisis meeting with Border Force officials in an attempt to find a solution. In a column in The Daily Telegraph, Javid described…

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