Government’s ‘catastrophic’ migrant policy slammed by rear admiral Chris Parr

The former Royal Navy commander said there has been a lack of will to tackle the issue

A prominent former Royal Navy commander has castigated the Government for its “catastrophic failure” over the Channel migrant crisis.

Rear admiral Chris Parry, a former NATO Commander, told GB News: “The facts of life are that unless they change the law, there’s nothing more they can do.

“I’m afraid to say, we’ve seen a catastrophic lack of will and commitment by the Government to actually deal with this problem.

“There’s never been a coherent strategy. There’s never really been a sort of idea of what we’re trying to achieve.”

He made his comments in an interview with Mercy Muroki and Alex Phillips on GB News and added: “The proper resources haven’t been applied.

“Technologies and other platforms…haven’t been provided. We’ve been tinkering around the edges at the tactical level.

“I’m afraid to say it’s a catastrophic failure. If I were running this, I’d be holding my head in shame.”

Asked if the Home Secretary should resign over the issue, Mr Parry said: “That’s not for me to decide. That’s for the next prime minister.

“But I think, although there’s going to be a respite in the autumn when the weather changes, I would hope that the next Prime Minister will come in with a coherent strategy.

“It’s not good enough to say wait and see. I haven’t heard either of the two main candidates tell us so far what they’re going to do about this. It’s very simple.

“Just sort out what it is you want to achieve, because right now, nobody in government knows what they want to achieve here.

He added:”Only one of the leadership candidates, Suella Braverman, actually said ‘look, we need to change the law if we’re going to be effective here’…

“The fact of life is there is no will to do anything about it. It’s all too difficult.”