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Sajid Javid uses 'inflammatory rhetoric' when speaking about migrant boats
Home Secretary Sajid Javid

SAJID JAVID’S rhetoric about migrant boats is “inflammatory” and “irresponsible,” a refugee rights group warned today.

The Home Secretary said he was to “deeply concerned” after 74 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday.

Dover’s Tory MP Charlie Elphicke demanded tougher measures to prevent a “surge” and said the authorities needed to “get a grip on this crisis.”

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