It's A ‘National Emergency'... Anger At Migrant Crisis

THE growing number of illegal migrants crossing the Channel is now a “national emergency”, a senior Tory MP has warned.

- Macer Hall

Sir Edward Leigh told Home Secretary Priti Patel that the Government had “lost control” in the crisis.

Anger erupted at Westminster yesterday after figures showed more than 25,600 people have made the journey across the Channel this year.

Small boat arrivals in 2021 now stand at more than triple the figure for the whole of last year, when 8,417 people crossed.

At least 886 people succeeded in reaching the UK on Saturday alone, the Home Office said.

Ms Patel, who is under intensifying pressure over the migrant crisis, faced an urgent question from Labour in the Commons yesterday.