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Tories: New immigration powers 'tinkering around the edges'

2026-01-05 2,559 Dailymotion

Matt Vickers, Shadow Home Office Minister, says that new powers that have come into force today which allow officers at migrant processing centres to take mobile phones from illegal migrants without arresting them shows that the government is "tinkering around the edges". The Conservative frontbencher says the only way to stop small boat crossings is to “detain” and “remove” people who enter the country illegally. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn