Labour accused the Prime Minister of failing to get a grip on the migrant crisis in the English Channel.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to ‘stop the boats’ ahead of the next general election
Home Office figures up to Friday suggest that almost 17,500 people have arrived via the same route in 2023. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said in December that about 40,000 migrants were being housed in hotels, with the Government estimating that accommodating refugees costs British taxpayers between £5 million and £6 million per day.
Ministers are looking to move migrants out of hotels and into accommodation on barges and former military sites. Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock said Rishi Sunak had failed to get a grip on the small boats crisis
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