Home Office staff call for ‘unpalatable’ small boats deal to be scrapped

The PCS union has told the home secretary that the 63m France deal was doomed to fail', and that a safe passage visa was needed

Home Office staff are rebelling against the government's attempts to tackle small boats crossing the Channel, demanding its recent deal with the French be scrapped because it is doomed to fail".

A day after France announced it was increasing the number of rescue vessels in the Channel, the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) has written to the home secretary, Suella Braverman, saying the only solution to the crisis is creating a safe passage visa that allows refugees a secure route to the UK.