Watch: Patel’s ‘economic migrants’ narrative destroyed in ‘cry for humanity’ clip
"The facts do not support the case for cruelty."
Tag: Priti Patel
Brexit is ‘the real reason’ Patel was barred from France
It goes to she how bad Anglo-French relations have become – and how weak the UK is, the Independent's Sean O'Grady says.
Reaction as Priti Patel says her ‘thoughts are with’ Channel casualties
"You can't threaten rescue services with legal action if they help refugees in trouble and then pretend to be somehow moved by their plight when they die."
Tory MPs suggest migrants should be sent to Falkland Islands
"The only way we will put these people off is by giving them the message that if you come here you are going to be sent 8,000 miles away."
Patel won’t be happy: Hundreds of migrants rescued by RNLI lifeguards after crossing Channel
The arrivals came as it was reported asylum seekers will have to obey strict rules in new centres or face their claims being rejected in plans advocated by Patel.
Watch: MP defends Patel following claims that she is a ‘moron’ and all civil servants ‘hate her’
It comes after one civil servant is reported to have said: “She hates us and we all hate her.”
Priti Patel blames ‘migration crisis’ on the EU’s free movement
Last month, Patel claimed that people crossing the Channel are “not genuine asylum seekers” and just want to stay in hotels.
Albania slams Dominic Raab and the Times for asylum seekers ‘fake news’
“Same old fake news, this time in the front page of a respected paper, The Times," Albania's foreign minister said.
‘Utterly draconian’ bill could allow Priti Patel to remove citizenship without notice
It could also allow the government to act retrospectively when it comes to British citizenship - which is not the first time the Home Office has pushed for retrospective law related to British citizenship this year.