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Home Secretary orders review after Kent small-boat landings

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC · How we work

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood ordered a review after two uncontrolled small-boat landings in Kent.
Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell told the BBC there is no “switch” to stop small-boat crossings.
Seven-hundred-eighty-one people arrived in ten boats on Wednesday, the year's highest daily total.
Conservatives claim Labour has lost control of Britain’s borders and a radically different approach is needed.

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood ordered a review after two uncontrolled small-boat landings in Kent.
Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell told the BBC there is no “switch” to stop small-boat crossings.
Seven-hundred-eighty-one people arrived in ten boats on Wednesday, the year's highest daily total.
Conservatives claim Labour has lost control of Britain’s borders and a radically different approach is needed.