THE HOME Office has “considered” creating a “wave machine” in the Channel to stop migrants in small boats making it to British shores, according to sources. Officials have b…
THE HOME Office has "considered" creating a "wave machine" in the Channel to stop migrants in small boats making it to British shores, according to sources.
One of the ideas tabled to try and stop people making it to the UK was to have boats with pumps create waves that would force small boats back into French waters, a source with knowledge of the idea told theBut problems were raised with the risk of tipping over migrants in packed, often unseaworthy dinghies and boats.
could also be used to house migrants, and other off-shore locations being considered for new asylum processing centresIt was also reported by the Guardian officials were looking at places as far-flung as Morocco and Papua New Guinea to process asylum seekers. And Ms Patel ramped up efforts to stop the surge in migrants by appointing ex-Royal Marine Dan O’Mahoney as the "small boats commander" to spearhead her promise to stop the crossings.
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