Labour has been accused of overseeing a ‘full-blown borders crisis’ after an unescorted migrant boat reached British shores for the first time in nearly three years.
The small boat made it to a beach in Kent on Saturday without being intercepted by Border Force vessels, it emerged today.
The last time the Home Office recorded a so-called ‘uncontrolled’ landing was in December 2022.
A Home Office spokesperson declined to comment because an internal investigation is still underway into Saturday’s incident.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: ‘We have not seen uncontrolled landings for years, until now – this is a symptom that Labour cannot even remotely control what is going on across the Channel.
