Royal Navy to end role as ‘expensive taxi service’ in English Channel

Source: The Royal Navy will reportedly relinquish its role in managing the migrant boat crisis in the English Channel, which has seen over 20,000 illegals brought ashore in Britain since the start of the year, more than double last year’s figures at this time. Just months after taking over operational control of the migrant crisis in the English Channel, the Royal Navy has decided to hand back command to the Border Force and the Home Office by the end of the year unless the government that replaces Boris Johnson’s administration intervenes, a report from the Daily Telegraph claimed. The use of the Navy was questioned from the outset, particularly in light of the branch of the armed services refusing to use its military might to push migrant boats back to the beaches of France rather than escorting them ashore in England. Speaking to Breitbart London in January, Brexit leader Nigel Farage said that the plan amounted to turning the Navy into nothing more than an