Farage and Tories Clash Over Migrant Crisis Amid Record Channel Crossings
Farage demands Royal Navy intervention and funding cuts to France as government faces criticism over handling of migrant boats.
- Nigel Farage calls for halting payments to France and using the Royal Navy to return migrant boats.
- Record 50,000 migrants have crossed the Channel since Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister.
- Labour and Conservative parties debate the impact of potential policy changes on migrant crossings.
- Home Secretary James Cleverly claims migrants are waiting for a Labour government to scrap the Rwanda policy.
- Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper argues that crossings have increased despite current policies.