PM considers digital ID to tackle migrant crisis

THE Prime Minister is considering introducing new digital ID cards in a bid to crack down on small boats crossings, Downing Street has indicated.

- DAVID LYNCH, SOPHIE WINGATE and CHRISTOPHER McKEON

But No.10 stopped short of saying whether it would consider introducing compulsory national identification cards.

As Sir Keir Starmer faces pressure to empty asylum hotels of migrants, the Prime Minister's official spokesman also said plans to house migrants in “modular buildings” and at old industrial sites are under discussion.

Sir Keir is due to gather ministers to plan action on going “further and faster” on tackling illegal migration on Tuesday afternoon, according to No.10.

The Prime Minister's _ official spokesman said Sir Keir reiterated migration was a “central issue” as the Cabinet met yesterday, and called for “further and faster” action on it.

The spokesman also said: “He said it was easy to understand the frustration people feel at the level of illegal crossings and the site of asylum hotels in their communities.

“He will be chairing a ministerial meeting later today to consider how we can go further and faster to combat illegal crossings.