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Turning the tide: how to deal with Britain’s new migrant crisis

How Britain can stem the stream of illegal arrivals

31 July 2021

9:00 AM

31 July 2021

9:00 AM

In December 2018 the then home secretary, Sajid Javid, cut short his Christmas holidays to go to the Channel and stare at boats. Two hundred illegal migrants had crossed from France in the previous two months and Javid, buckling to public pressure, declared a ‘major incident’. On that basis his successor, Priti Patel, should cancel any holiday plans for the foreseeable future.

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