Border vessel 'sits idle' as migrants cross the Channel

A BORDER Force vessel has been sitting idle at Dover for cleaning, despite huge numbers of migrants risking their lives to cross the Channel.

- Isaac Crowson

When in opposition, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper demanded that the Government use “all specialist resources” to get a grip on the crossings.

This included HMC Hunter, a cutter previously used to transport migrants back to Kent’s shores.

But it has been “sitting idle” in the harbour, being scrubbed by officers, while colleagues deal with the influx of dinghies, including one from which 12 people recently perished.