Suella Braverman slammed for unlawful decision on migrants, says UK is facing ‘invasion’ of asylum seekers
- The home secretary decided to stop booking hotels for people being processed at a migration centre, resulting in thousands of people being detained illegally
- PM Rishi Sunak is now under pressure to sack Braverman less than a week after he reappointed her to the job she was removed from by predecessor Liz Truss
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman took decisions to stop booking hotels for people being processed at a migration centre in southeast England, resulting in thousands of people being detained illegally, six current and former government officials directly familiar with the matter said.
Fighting back on Monday, the interior minister said that Britain faces an “invasion” from people travelling in small boats crossing the English Channel.
Speaking to parliament over allegedly failing to listen to legal advice on the prolonged detention of migrants, Braverman said the current system is “broken” and “out of control”.
“Let’s stop pretending they are all refugees in distress, the whole country knows that is not true,” she said.
Her comments came a day after a man threw petrol bombs attached to fireworks at an immigration centre in the UK before killing himself.