Andy Burnham speaks to the media during a visit to HM Coastguard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, in Dover earlier this month.Andy Burnham has vowed to “eradicate” small boats crossings in the English Channel – but refused to say it when it will be done.
The prime minister said the government “will keep going at this issue” until it is solved.
However, he stopped short of saying it will have stopped by the next election, which may not take place until 2029.
Burnham was speaking the day after a boat carrying 230 asylum seekers – the most ever on a single vessel – crossed the Channel from France.
He said the government would “change our tactics” t...
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