(BBC) The Border Force, which polices the UK’s borders, may have made the small boats crisis in the Channel worse, an independent report has found.
The report, commissioned by Home Secretary Priti Patel, described the overall approach as “ineffective and possibly counterproductive.”
Author Alex Downer, former leader of Australia’s Liberal Party, criticised “a cycle of crisis management.”
Ms Patel has welcomed the report’s “constructive recommendations.”
In relation to the small boats crisis, the review found the Border Force Maritime command had been “drawn into a challenge that it is ill-equipped to deal with and yet all-consuming.”
