Jonathan Gullis, the new deputy chair of the Conservative Party, is facing questions on Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge from 7pm; a record number of migrants crossed the Channel in the first three months of this year, latest figures show.
The first three months of this year have seen, according to provisional figures from the Home Office, the highest number of small boat arrivals ever, at 4,644. Not by very much, the number for the first three months of 2022 was 4,548 – 96 fewer. A few days of poorer weather could have swung it the other way, but the point is it's moving in the wrong direction for a prime minister who promised to Stop the Boats.
'Number 10 seem to think if they just keep saying the numbers will go down, maybe they will.' Plenty of initiatives been launched, as the Home Office point out, but MPs question whether they are effective. A year ago, the prime minister agreed a deal with France worth £500m to step up patrols on their side of the Channel and fund a new detention centre – Rishi Sunak hailing it as progress in his small boats fight.
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