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Home Office orders review as second small boat in two days reaches UK after evading Border Force
The Home Office will examine how Border Force missed two landings as 21 people were detained after the second boat reached shore.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood ordered an urgent review after Border Force failed to intercept two migrant boats that reached the Kent coast this week, including one at Samphire Hoe.
- Monday's landing at Folkestone marked the first undetected arrival in a year, breaking a period when small boats crossing the English Channel were typically brought to shore by Border Security Command or RNLI boats.
- Border Security Command detained Twenty-one people following the Samphire Hoe incident, while 17,480 migrants have arrived by boat this year, representing a 46% decrease from the same point last year.
- The Home Office is conducting a review into this week's beach landings as the Government addresses security failures alongside Kent police responding to the incidents.
- French authorities in Boulogne-sur-Mer are investigating the death of a man discovered on a beach in Neufchatel-Hardelot to determine whether it is linked to an attempted Channel crossing.
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Home secretary orders ‘urgent review’ as second small boat in two days evades Border Force
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has ordered an “urgent review” after the Border Force failed to intercept a second migrant boat in two days before it reached the Kent coast. المصدر: skynews politics The post Home secretary orders ‘urgent review’ as second small boat in two days evades Border Force appeared first on khbrknews.
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Review ordered as second small boat in two days evades Border Force to reach UK
They are the first unescorted landings for a year.
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