Plans to put Navy in charge of refugee Channel crossings branded 'appalling'
The SNP has condemned Westminster plans to put the Royal Navy in charge of tackling refugee boats in the English Channel as “utterly appalling”.
Reports on the BBC and in The Times claimed that the Navy is set to take charge of operations looking to limit crossings by asylum seekers in the Channel within weeks.
It has been claimed that the move is part of a raft of populist policies set to be published by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, dubbed Operation Red Meat, to save his leadership following a series of revelations linked to lockdown breaches.
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