UK Home Office Criticised Over ‘Ineffective’ Response to Channel-Crossing Immigrants

A group of people thought to be illegal immigrants walk up the beach after being brought onboard the RNLI Dungeness Lifeboat in to Dungeness, Kent, on May 17, 2022. Gareth Fuller/PA Media

Two reports published on Wednesday and Thursday criticised the Home Office over its response to the surging number of illegal immigrants arriving in the UK in small boats.

One said the border force’s approach to preventing the journeys was “ineffective and possibly counter-productive,” while the other said the initial processing of those who arrived has been “ineffective and inefficient.”