The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has been branded “weak” as the government has blamed the weather for the record braking Channel crossings.
Labour has been accused of “praying for bad weather” as part of their so-called “security strategy” which clearly sends a message that they have no clue.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said, “Labour seems to think praying for bad weather is a good border security strategy. This is a weak Government, with no plan to end illegal immigrants crossing the channel
“They should never have cancelled the Rwanda removals deterrent before it even started. That’s why 2025 is the worst year in history for illegal crossings – not the weather.
“Blaming the weather for the highest ever crossing numbers so far this year is the border security equivalent of a lazy student claiming “the dog ate my homework”. This is a clear failure for our weak Prime Minister and his weak Home Secretary.”
A Home Office spokesman said, “This government is restoring grip to the broken asylum system it inherited that saw a whole criminal smuggling enterprise allowed to develop, where gangs have been able to exploit periods of good weather to increase the rate of crossings for too long.
“That’s why we are giving counter-terror style powers to law enforcement, launching an unprecedented international crackdown on immigration crime, have prevented 9,000 crossings from the French coastline this year alone and have returned almost 30,000 people since the election.
“At the same time we are cracking down on the false promise of jobs used to sell spaces on these boats, with illegal working visits and arrests up by more than 40 per cent under this government.”
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