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Patel delivers statement on migrant crossing deaths

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Following the deaths of over 20 migrants crossing the channel yesterday, home secretary Priti Patel told the Commons that “yesterday was a moment that many of us had feared for many years.”

Patel reiterated her belief that harsher border control was needed, saying: “More than 20,000 have been stopped this year… We have dismantled 17 organised criminal groups and secured over 400 arrests and 65 convictions.

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