{"id":183,"date":"2022-11-23T20:25:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/suella-braverman-we-have-failed-to-control-our-borders\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T20:25:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:25:32","slug":"suella-braverman-we-have-failed-to-control-our-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/suella-braverman-we-have-failed-to-control-our-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Suella Braverman: We have failed to control our borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suella Braverman: We have failed to control our borders<\/p>\n

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By Callum May, Judith Burns and Kate Whannel<\/div>\n
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman has admitted the UK government has failed to control its borders, blaming migrants and people smugglers for chaos at Kent’s Manston processing centre. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, she also said the Home Office needed to improve its efficiency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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MPs heard the home secretary had been warned four times keeping migrants at Manston may be breaking the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Previous reports suggested Ms Braverman was told failing to provide alternative accommodation was in breach of the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Braverman told the Home Affairs Select Committee she would not comment on leaked documents. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, she said she was aware from September Manston had a problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During the committee session, Ms Braverman struggled to reply to a question from Conservative MP Tim Loughton who asked what legal routes were available to refugees who are not part of the Ukraine, Hong Kong or Afghanistan relocation schemes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If you are able to get to the UK, you’re able to put in an application for asylum,” said Ms Braverman. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Loughton responded that for some refugees, illegal entry was the only way to get to the UK. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I think the point is that there’s a shortage of safe and legal routes other than for specific groups of people,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Manston was designed as a holding site for a maximum of 1,600 migrants who arrive on small boats – each for a maximum of 24 hours – but at its peak there were 4,000 people there. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In October, inspectors found families who had been sleeping on mats in the marquees for weeks. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A man who became unwell while staying at the centre died in hospital on Saturday. He is believed to have crossed to the UK in a small boat earlier in November, and Home Office staff are trying to contact his family. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Tuesday, the Home Office confirmed the site had been cleared, helped by bad weather in the English Channel causing a sustained fall in the number of crossings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Delays in processing asylum claims are taking their toll on refugees’ mental health. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ubed, an Iraqi Kurd, arrived in the UK by boat 17 months ago with his wife and daughter and claimed asylum in the first few months, but has heard nothing since. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The family is living in one room in a Wakefield hostel while they wait for a Home Office response to their case. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“When I first came to the UK I was happy. I arrived and felt safe. Since that time it’s got worse. My mental health and my family’s mental health is degrading,” Ubed told the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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