“The world wept last year,” said the Daily Mirror, “when the tiny, lifeless body of Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi was scooped from a Turkish beach.” Might we soon witness a similar tragedy on our own shores? All the signs are that the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean is now spreading to the Channel. Last weekend, 18 Albanians had to be rescued from a sinking dinghy as they attempted to reach the Kent coast under cover of darkness. That came only days after 17 migrants had been arrested at Chichester Marina. Britain has been guilty of complacency, said The Times. A few months ago, the Home Office assessed the risk of migrants being smuggled into this country on small boats as “not significant”. Yet it’s clear that people traffickers have now…
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