Conservative MP Chris Philp argues that the Prime Minister must take stronger action over Channel small-boat crossings following reports that four migrants died during an attempted crossing. The article frames the deaths as evidence of the dangers faced by people using overcrowded, unsafe vessels and calls for the crisis to be brought under control.

The report says the fatalities occurred only hours after an estimated 700 people reached Britain by small boat. It presents the incident in the wider context of continuing high numbers of Channel crossings and political pressure on the Government’s migration policy.