Sajid Javid’s bluster on Channel crossings has an ugly Australian precedent | Russell Cunningham

The home secretary has declared attempts to cross the Channel a ‘major incident’. It’s a crude but effective tactic

Britain is in the grip of a crisis. Apparently. Last week the home secretary, Sajid Javid, declared the number of people attempting to cross the Channel a “major incident”, though the numbers don’t support such a claim. But that didn’t deter the newspapers.

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