Priti Patel seeks ban on social media posts that ‘glamourise’ migrant crossings

Home secretary accused of deflecting blame from government policies after letter to social media companies

Priti Patel has been accused of attempting to deflect blame from the UK government's failure to assist refugees after she told social media companies to remove posts that glamourise" migrant crossings.

The home secretary wrote to firms on Saturday urging them to do more to remove totally unacceptable clips" that she said promote lethal crossings".