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Anti-arms trade campaigners condemn government's migration policies as ministers promise new action to stop Channel crossings
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers

ANTI-ARMS campaigners condemned the government's policies and approach to migration today as ministers promised a “new, comprehensive” action plan to stop people from crossing the Channel.

Immigration minister Chris Philp made the promise to stem the latest surge in migrant crossings after talks with French officials to seek stronger enforcement measures.

Mr Philp said the “sheer numbers” crossing the Channel were “completely unacceptable” and while he would not comment on details of the plan, he claimed there were a “number of measures, some of them new, which were under discussion.”

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