The Minister for Hot Air: Analysis shows Priti Patel's words are empty

The Minister for Hot Air: Analysis shows Priti Patel's words are empty
The Minister for Hot Air: Analysis shows Priti Patel's words are empty

‘Patel vows tougher action to stop Channel migrant gangs’

The Times, August 30, 2019

HER VOW: After meeting her French counterpart, she said: ‘I will not let the ruthless gangs of criminal people-smugglers continue to put lives in danger, which is why I’m doing everything in my power to put a stop to these illegal crossings.’

WHAT’S SINCE HAPPENED: At the time, 151 migrants had arrived in boats over six days, and, in total, 1,835 had landed in the UK on cross-Channel boats in 2019, according to the think-tank Migration Watch.

The total figure last year was 8,713, and so far this year there have already been nearly 9,000 Channel crossings.

HER VOW: After meeting her French counterpart, she said: ‘I will not let the ruthless gangs of criminal people-smugglers continue to put lives in danger, which is why I’m doing everything in my power to put a stop to these illegal crossings.’

HER VOW: After meeting her French counterpart, she said: ‘I will not let the ruthless gangs of criminal people-smugglers continue to put lives in danger, which is why I’m doing everything in my power to put a stop to these illegal crossings.’

‘Priti Patel to examine ways of deporting illegal migrants more quickly and in greater numbers’

Daily Telegraph, January 1, 2020

HER VOW: To follow the example of Australia, which drastically reduced the number of illegal entries, saying that anyone smuggled by gangs would be sent straight back to where they travelled from.

WHAT’S SINCE HAPPENED: The Home Office has failed to send migrants back to France or Europe. For instance, of the nearly 9,000 who have crossed the Channel so far this year, not one has been returned to France.

‘Priti Patel seeks new agreement with the EU to return more Channel migrants to France’

Daily Telegraph, April 30, 2020

HER VOW: She had met France’s interior minister to renegotiate the Dublin Agreement, which stipulates that asylum seekers must apply for asylum in the European country they first entered.

WHAT’S SINCE HAPPENED: The Home Office has failed to send migrants back to France or Europe. For instance, of the nearly 9,000 who have crossed the Channel so far this year, not one has been returned to France.

WHAT’S SINCE HAPPENED: The Home Office has failed to send migrants back to France or Europe. For instance, of the nearly 9,000 who have crossed the Channel so far this year, not one has been returned to France.

Post-Brexit, Britain isn’t part of this agreement so Ms Patel now needs to make separate arrangements with individual EU countries to ensure that those arriving here must claim asylum in France or in countries on the European mainland where they first arrived.

WHAT’S SINCE HAPPENED: No new deals have been struck, which is why no asylum seeker from France was deported this year.

‘Patel vows to turn back all French migrants’ boats’

Sunday Express, May 24, 2020

HER VOW: To demand that the French authorities take back migrant boats even if found in British waters.

WHAT’S SINCE HAPPENED: No agreement has been reached with Paris. Even worse, last month it was reported that UK Border Force vessels went into French waters to help bring a migrant boat to Dover.

‘Navy on call to stem flow of illegal migrants’

Daily Telegraph, August 7, 2020

HER VOW: A review to see if Royal Navy vessels could help in the Channel.

WHAT’S SINCE HAPPENED: A week later, the Navy said it would not deploy any vessel to deter migrants.

This followed condemnation from the United Nations and other

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