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Boris Johnson has been warned that the failure to tackle the migrant boats crisis is hitting Tory support in Red Wall seats won by the Conservatives at the last Election.
An MP representing one of the constituencies gained from Labour by the Tories told The Mail on Sunday that the issue was 'starting to hit support'.
A record number of migrants – more than 6,600 so far this year – has arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats. In the whole of 2020, there were 8,420, up from 1,835 the previous year.
Yesterday, between 30 and 40 migrants, including at least one toddler, arrived in Kent in three boats.
Boris Johnson has been warned that the failure to tackle the migrant boats crisis is hitting Tory support in Red Wall seats. Pictured: Migrants arriving at Dover in August 2020
In response to the crisis, the Government proposed a Nationality and Borders Bill in Parliament last week that will allow Border Force officials to use 'reasonable force' to detain would-be asylum seekers at sea and return
