That British government have used soldier to face migration crisis on english channel, as indicated in a document signed by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and which leaves operations in the region in the hands of the Ministry of Defence.

The agency thus confirms that the Government is analyzing all possibilities to prevent further crossings from occurring in canal, although the Interior Ministry has begun to introduce long-term changes, according to information from the newspaper “The Times”.

Labor, however, has criticized the decision and accused the “prime minister” of wanting to “throw the ball” and “divert attention”. messy attention that it has taken shape” after parties hosted by Downing Street during the coronavirus pandemic.

Human rights organizations described the decision as “cruel and inhuman”. A Ministry of Defense spokesman pointed out that the number of people continuing to cross the Canal was “unacceptable” and had warned that this action led to loss of human life. “We have to stop them,” he said.

Last November, 27 people were stranded while trying to reach the British coast from France. “The Armed Forces are working with the Border Force to carry out operations on the Canal. The right thing to do is to pursue all possible options to prevent illegal crossings and protect life at sea,” Johnson said.

Failure

On the other hand, the shadow Interior Minister, Yvette Cooper, lamented that the Government had failed to “take practical and decisive steps with France to stop the crisis“.

“On the contrary, it appears Boris Johnson is using the situation to seek headlines and distract those involved in Downing Street,” he said before recalling that the Government had deployed the Navy to carry out patrol work on the Canal three years ago. . “They didn’t intercept a single ship and spent 870,000 pounds (about 1 million euros). They have to explain what has changed now,” he said.

In addition, the UK’s actual Home Secretary, Priti Patel, said in Parliament that she would strengthen national security laws to prevent “foreign interference” in British politics. Patel was speaking in the House of Commons to explain a warning launched last week by intelligence agency MI5 about the activities of a woman with close ties to British lawmakers promoting “the interests of Chinese authorities.”

Anglo-Chinese lawyer Christine Lee donated nearly 600,000 pounds (about 700,000 euros) to the office of Labor MP Barry Gardiner, according to British media.

The Home Secretary said today that his aim was “to make the British political scene favorable to the interests of the Chinese authorities.”

In particular, the activities of the lawyer, who in 2019 accepted dissent from then-Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, was meant to assuage criticism of the Chinese government on issues such as human rights, Patel said. Lee is linked to the United Front Work Department, which relies on the Chinese Communist Party, but neither he nor the authorities have disclosed “openly about the nature of the relationship,” criticizing the interior minister.