{"id":1055258,"date":"2021-11-25T15:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055258"},"modified":"2021-11-25T15:43:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:43:52","slug":"farage-slams-border-force-priti-patel-as-not-fit-for-purpose-after-boat-migrant-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farage-slams-border-force-priti-patel-as-not-fit-for-purpose-after-boat-migrant-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Farage Slams Border Force, Priti Patel as \u2018Not Fit for Purpose\u2019 After Boat Migrant Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffarage-slams-border-force-priti-patel-as-not-fit-for-purpose-after-boat-migrant-deaths%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055258&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Nigel-Farage-3-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Brexit leader Nigel Farage has slammed the Border Force, the Home Office, and Home Secretary Priti Patel as \u201cnot fit for purpose\u201d after at least 27 migrants drowned off the coast of France attempting to reach the United Kingdom. While conservative grandee Ann Widdecombe has said that Britain must remove the \u201cmagnets\u201d that draw illegals to come to Britain, including the illegal economy and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/10\/11\/report-six-per-cent-illegal-channel-migrants-deported\/\">often<\/a> rightly-proved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/05\/08\/illegal-immigration-to-uk-soars-as-deportations-fall-think-tank\/\">assumption<\/a> that to arrive in the UK is to remain, with little real danger of deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight saw the estimated numbers of illegals dead from drowning in the English Channel downgraded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/24\/dozens-dead-as-migrant-boat-capsizes-off-the-coast-of-calais\/\">31<\/a> to 27, but the International Organization for Migration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/25\/boris-slams-french-government-for-failing-to-stop-migrant-boats-after-at-least-27-die-in-english-channel\/\">stated<\/a> that the figure remains the highest number to have died in a single event in the English Channel since the body began keeping records in 2014.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/25\/boris-slams-french-government-for-failing-to-stop-migrant-boats-after-at-least-27-die-in-english-channel\/\">blame game<\/a> between British and French authorities has since ensued \u2014 and in some measure, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/16\/macron-punishing-uk-with-migrant-crisis-because-of-brexit-ministers-believe-report\/\">continued<\/a> \u2014 over who is responsible for allowing the dangerous crossings to occur.<\/p>\n<p>Brexit leader Nigel Farage has been criticising the British government in the past for failing to do anything meaningful about stopping the illegal crossings \u2014 now in excess of 25,000 this year \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1463616408865193993\">saying<\/a> last night as the news broke of the deaths: \u201cBorder Force and the Home Office are not fit for purpose, and neither is Priti Patel.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0981595092025\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Border Force and the Home Office are not fit for purpose, and neither is Priti Patel. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QVqYTVA8N\">pic.twitter.com\/6QVqYTVA8N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1463616408865193993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Farage had in the past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/06\/29\/migrant-crisis-nigel-farage-challenges-home-secretary-priti-patel-to-come-to-the-border\/\">blamed<\/a> Home Secretary Patel \u2014 the minister who oversees the Home Office and Border Force \u2014 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/04\/11\/patel-pretending-migrant-crisis-doesnt-exist-says-farage\/\">failing<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/07\/11\/nigel-farage-says-nothing-priti-patel-pledges-will-stop-illegal-migrants\/\">get to grips<\/a> with the growing crisis, which has now resulted in a large loss of life.<\/p>\n<p>Before the drownings, Mr Farage had been filming a segment in the Channel on the migrant crisis for GB News, where he had warned that incidents could occur in such a busy body of water.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during his <em>Farage<\/em> programme on Wednesday night, the Brexit leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5L79jejjvgA\">said<\/a>: \u201cWithin an hour or two of saying it was only a matter of time or that it would happen very soon, a major incident took place\u2026&nbsp;I wasn\u2019t shocked at all, surprised, to be honest, that it didn\u2019t happen earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Within hours, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held an emergency Cabinet COBRA meeting, later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/25\/boris-slams-french-government-for-failing-to-stop-migrant-boats-after-at-least-27-die-in-english-channel\/\">signalling<\/a> to media that France was at fault for not doing enough to prevent the dangerous and illegal crossings, which the French hit back, telling London to \u201cabstain from instrumentalizing a tragic situation for political purposes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>London had already signed off on the first instalment of \u00a354 million to Paris to support them stopping the boats, though ministers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/16\/macron-punishing-uk-with-migrant-crisis-because-of-brexit-ministers-believe-report\/\">reportedly<\/a> believe that they will get no help from the \u00c9lys\u00e9e, fearing President Emmanuel Macron is using the migrant crisis both as a political tool at home ahead of next year\u2019s election, and to punish Britain for Brexit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0645161290323\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boris Slams French Government for Failing to Stop Migrant Boats After at Least 27 Die in English Channel <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KkK7oPH0eJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/KkK7oPH0eJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1463841647326806024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking to Mr Farage on Wednesday night, former Conservative MP and Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe said that the news of the deaths was \u201cshocking\u201d, but that she had expected it would happen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tragedy that has been pending for a very long time,\u201d Ms Widdecombe said.<\/p>\n<p>Saying of the Johnson administration\u2019s response, the conservative said: \u201cIt\u2019s all very well declaring this an emergency situation. We have had an emergency now for a very long time indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, since 2001, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2001\/dec\/26\/immigration.uk\">issues<\/a> will illegals attempting to cross from France to the UK, and in an attempt to solve the crisis of the migrant centre Sangatte, France and Britain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/1699996\/le-touquet-treaty-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-treaty-that-stops-thousands-of-migrants-travelling-to-britain-from-calais-jungle\/\">signed<\/a> the&nbsp;Le Touquet agreement in 2003, which allowed both countries to set up immigration controls at each other\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Widdecombe continued: \u201cI\u2019ve been saying for 20 years that the only way we\u2019re going to deal with this is to remove the magnet that draws people here when they\u2019re already in a perfectly safe country [France]. that magnet is is that if they think they can get into Britain, they\u2019re very, very unlikely to be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8807947019868\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage Slams UK Govt\u2019s Generous Handouts as Pull for Mass Migration <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZIXlDiwvfX\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZIXlDiwvfX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1460896742937923587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former conservative lawmaker would appear to be correct, following reports, notably since the beginning of the recent Channel migrant crisis in early 2019, that only a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/10\/11\/report-six-per-cent-illegal-channel-migrants-deported\/\">tiny percentage<\/a> of illegal boat migrants crossing the Channel have been deported. Of the more than 23,000 illegals who had arrived this year as of last week, the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/18\/uk-govt-returns-just-five-out-of-more-than-23000-illegal-boat-migrants-to-eu\/\">admitted<\/a> that just five people have been returned to their last safe country of residence.<\/p>\n<p>She also stated that the UK is \u201cone of the easiest countries to disappear if they think their [asylum] claims are going to be turned down. We don\u2019t practice detention, no national identity cards. We do have a flourishing black economy. It\u2019s very, very easy to disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similar comments were made by French Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin, who claimed Britain\u2019s illegal labour market for acting as a draw for mass migration, saying that the British black economy&nbsp;\u201cmostly works thanks to a reserve army, as Marx would say, of irregular workers who can be hired at low cost\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Farage had also in the past blamed Britain\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/17\/farage-slams-uk-govts-generous-handouts-as-pull-for-mass-migration\/\"> generous welfare state<\/a> and the ease with which failed asylum seekers can appeal the Immigration office\u2019s decision, saying&nbsp;<span>\u201ceven when you get rejected, you don\u2019t get removed\u201d, referencing suicide bomber&nbsp;Emad Al Swealmeen, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/17\/liverpool-bomber-tried-to-game-the-uk-asylum-system\/\">remained<\/a> in the country despite twice having his asylum claim rejected because he was allowed to appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4842767295597\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Govt Returns Just FIVE out of More than 23,000 Illegal Boat Migrants to EU <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lpKH81gppC\">https:\/\/t.co\/lpKH81gppC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1461282587779993602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brexit leader Nigel Farage has slammed the Border Force, the Home Office, and Home Secretary Priti Patel as \u201cnot fit for purpose\u201d after at least 27 migrants drowned off the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}