Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has refused to set a timetable for migrant crossings despite admitting the numbers remain “far too high”.
Nearly 13,500 migrants have been removed from Britain since the election, the Government has said, as the Home Secretary promised a “step change” in tackling illegal working.
On Saturday, 609 people crossed Channel making it the highest December day on record.
Ms Cooper told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that, while the number of asylum seekers entering Britain via boat is too high, she is wary of giving herself a deadline to solve the problem.
She said: “These levels are far too high, this is dangerous what’s happening.”
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has refused to set herself a deadline to bring illegal migration to heel despite admitting that the rate of illegal Channel crossings is “far too high”.
Nearly 13,500 migrants have been removed from Britain since the election, the Government has said, as the Home Secretary promised a “step change” in tackling illegal working.
Labour previously pledged to return more people who do not have a right to stay in the UK halfway through their first year in office than any other six-month period since 2018.
The announcement comes amid a continued rise in Channel crossings, with more than 21,000 migrants having arrived in Britain by small boat alone since July.
Ms Cooper told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that, while the number of asylum seekers entering Britain via boat is too high, she is wary of giving herself a deadline to solve the problem.
She said: “These levels are far too high, this is dangerous what’s happening.
“Of course we want to continue to progress, of course we want to see the boat crossings come down as rapidly as possible.”
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