'Anti-Terror Powers Will Make Difference'

Mike Tapp, MP for Dover and Deal, said the Government's proposed Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will allow 'disruptive techniques' to tackle people smuggling but there is 'no quick fix.'
French authorities confirmed three people died in the Channel on Sunday morning following an incident off the coast at Sangatte, near Calais, in which 45 people were rescued after struggling to board a small boat bound for the UK.
They are the first deaths in the Channel since October and take the total number of people who have died attempting the crossing this year to at least 53.
The incident follows five days of crossings that saw a total of 1,776 people make the journey - the busiest Christmas period since records began in 2018.
Mr Tapp said deaths in the Channel are 'a tragedy every time it happens.'
"Unfortunately, it happens far too often, and it's something that we've heard many times in Dover," he said.
"On the crossings in general, the problem we've got is the inheritance of open borders. So, in 2018, 400 crossed, and since then over 150,000 have.
"When we ran the election and when were elected into Government, we made it really clear that it's a complex issue that isn't fixed overnight, which is why it's gone...