‘I don’t think lessons have been learned’: asylum policies fall short after more Channel deaths

Following another tragedy at sea and a ruling due on the Rwanda deal, is Britain complacent at home and complicit in refugee abuse abroad?

At 9.46am on Wednesday, the Home Office cancelled a background briefing on the latest in a long line of policy announcements that have so far made no impact whatsoever in tackling small boat numbers.

This time it concerned the finer details surrounding its new small boats operational command (SBOC); an “ongoing incident in UK waters” was cited as the cause of cancellation.