Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Dame Diana Johnson tells Suella Braverman that "small boats have not overwhelmed the asylum system" but that "poor resourcing by successive governments…has been a significant factor in its collapse". She goes on to call on the government to "deal with the backlog, expand safe and legal routes and negotiate a returns policy to the EU". Home Secretary Suella Braverman says the government has made "good progress with the EU and our counterparts in France".
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