Suella Braverman left ‘humiliated’ by Rishi Sunak as Home Office rocked by migrant chaos
Suella Braverman is under fire
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Suella Braverman’s migrant crisis woes have been compounded by a key decision taken by Rishi Sunak, according to a political commentator.
It comes as migrants were removed from the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge off the Dorset coast on Friday when traces of Legionella were found in the water supply.
They had been housed on the barge for a matter of days, but precautions were taken when the bacteria which can cause the potentially fatal Legionnaires’ disease was discovered.
According to The Spectator’s Cindy Yu, Suella Braverman’s position as Home Secretary has been thrown into question by Robert Jenrick’s frequent media appearances.
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Yu said the Immigration Secretary has been “rolled out at every opportunity” by the Government as opposed to Braverman, despite her vocal pledges to end Channel migrant crossings.
“I think she has been humiliated”, Yu told GB News.
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“The Home Office can’t help the global politics that are leading people to want to cross the Channel.
“In some ways, the Foreign Office need to step up a bit.
“Robert Jenrick has been rolled out at every single opportunity, including on Boats Week, where Suella Braverman has been effectively shoved to the side.”
According to political commentator Emma Woolf, Robert Jenrick is eyeing up a move away from his current post with a Cabinet reshuffle reportedly looming.
Cindy Yu says Suella Braverman has been 'humiliated'
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She told Martin Daubney and Anne Diamond: “He is hoping to be moved in the reset.
“He doesn’t want immigration anymore, he thinks he has put his shift in.”
It comes as yet another headache for Prime Minister Sunak, who last week returned from his family holiday in California to a swathe of questions about the Bibby Stockholm struggles.
He swerved a question about whether he was warned about the potential health risks for asylum seekers on board.
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“What has happened here is it is right that we go through all the checks and procedures to ensure the wellbeing and health of the people being housed on the barge,” he told broadcasters on a visit to a hospital in Milton Keynes.
The Prime Minister went on to argue that his ministers were taking a fair approach when it came to the small boats crisis, adding: But taking a step back, what is this about? This is about fairness.
“It is about the unfairness, in fact, of British taxpayers forking out £5 million or £6million a day to house illegal migrants in hotels up and down the country, with all the pressure that puts on local communities.
“We’ve got to find alternatives to that, that is what the barge is about and that is why we are committed to it.
“But more fundamentally, we’ve just got to stop people coming here in the first place illegally. That is why one of my five priorities is to stop the boats.
“We’ve passed tough new laws that, when they come into force, will enable us to do that and we’re already seeing numbers this year that are lower than they have been in previous years. That is the first time that has happened.
“I know there is a long way to go on this but I’m determined to fix this problem and we are making progress and people can be reassured we will keep at it.”
The Bibby Stockholm will reportedly cost taxpayers more than £20,000 a day, and could accommodate more than 500 migrants in total.
Dorset Council has been paid £2 million to help manage the scheme locally.