James Cleverly criticises govt amid migrant hotel crisis

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James Cleverly has lashed out at the government's handling of the migrant hotel crisis, saying they are "dumping the problem" on local councils. The shadow housing secretary said the government are "living with the consequernces of their complacency and laziness" with regard to border control. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00So the proposals they put forward are nowhere near enough.

00:04They're saying they're taking people out of asylum hotels.

00:07They are fast-tracking, they're waving them through the immigration system

00:10and then just dumping the problem on local councils

00:13because, of course, once these people have their asylum claims,

00:17given the green light by Labour, they have to be housed by the local authority.

00:22So they are just shifting the burden.

00:25And the simple truth is they thought it was going to be easy.

00:28And yet, the first half of this year,

00:31we have seen the largest number of small boat arrivals since records began.

00:35And the Labour government are now living with the consequences

00:38of their complacency and laziness with regard to border control.

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