Home Office to use £36m private boats to patrol Channel for migrant crossings
Border Force: this boat has probably been taken out of service by now.
This is funny.
Not because of the story…
The Home Office is to use private vessels at a cost of £36 million a year to patrol the Channel for small boats amid a further delay in plans to upgrade the Border Force fleet.
A “procurement pipeline” document published on the department’s website shows it has tendered a contract for “charter of vessel(s) to support small boats operations in the Dover Straits”.
The contract is due to run from April 1 2024 to March 31 2025, with the service provider listed as “not set”.
The Home Office has been forced to pay for boats from the private sector as its plans to replace ageing Border Force cutters faces another two-year setback, the Times reported.
… but for the response:
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— #𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙨𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 (@evertonfc2) January 21, 2024
Source: Home Office to use £36m private boats to patrol Channel for migrant crossings
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