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News of the appointment of an SCS1 to oversee the migrant issue in the Channel makes the Telegraph Article, with another article exposing a bid for the Navy to be drawn into this, which I disagree with - that's why Border Force and HRMC have their own cutters and MCA have air assets to assist. The JMSC should be able to manage this themselves without drawing in an already stretched RN. It just highlights Border Force has failed.
Over on Twitter the new appointee is being eviscerated, I have a little sympathy (not with the uniform and PR stunt with the Home Sec), but it's not an easy problem to solve and the channel issue needs to be resolved before there is a tragedy. We need to take this way back up the chain and do more on French soil with their authorities. The treaty of Sandhurst was set up for this and we fund a lot of activity and whilst their coastline is significant, there should be more progress on this to stop the exploitation of these people and the ruthless endangerment of them.
Not often I bother with Twitter but today just reinforces why I don't.
News of the appointment of an SCS1 to oversee the migrant issue in the Channel makes the Telegraph Article, with another article exposing a bid for the Navy to be drawn into this, which I disagree with - that's why Border Force and HRMC have their own cutters and MCA have air assets to assist. The JMSC should be able to manage this themselves without drawing in an already stretched RN. It just highlights Border Force has failed.
Over on Twitter the new appointee is being eviscerated, I have a little sympathy (not with the uniform and PR stunt with the Home Sec), but it's not an easy problem to solve and the channel issue needs to be resolved before there is a tragedy. We need to take this way back up the chain and do more on French soil with their authorities. The treaty of Sandhurst was set up for this and we fund a lot of activity and whilst their coastline is significant, there should be more progress on this to stop the exploitation of these people and the ruthless endangerment of them.
Not often I bother with Twitter but today just reinforces why I don't.