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No 'switch' to stop small boats, Lucy Powell tells BBC
There is no "switch" to stop small boat crossings, and not every migrant boat can be intercepted, Labour's deputy leader has told the BBC.
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Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell told the BBC there is no “switch” that can halt small boat crossings and that not every migrant vessel can be intercepted. Her remarks followed two uncontrolled landings in the Channel over two days, one at Folkestone and another at Samphire Hoe in Kent.
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