"Let's be clear about what is really going on here: the British people deserve to know which party is serious about stopping the invasion on our southern coast and which party is not. Some 40,000 people have arrived on the south coast this year alone. Many of them facilitated by criminal gangs, some of them actual members of criminal gangs. So let’s stop pretending that they are all refugees in distress. The whole country knows that is not true. It’s only the honourable members opposite who pretend otherwise. We need to be straight with the public. The system is broken. Illegal migration is out of control and too many people are interested in playing political parlour games, covering up the truth than solving the problem."
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Statement in the House of Commons (31 October 2022), cited in "Braverman faces criticism for Channel migrant 'invasion' claim" ITV News (1 November 2022)
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Suella Braverman
Sue-Ellen Cassiana "Suella" Braverman KC (née Fernandes, born 3 April 1980) is a British politician and barrister who served as Home Secretary from 6 September to 19 October 2022 (under Liz Truss) and 25 October 2022 to 13 November 2023 (under Rishi Sunak). She was elected as the Conservative member of Parliament (MP) for Fareham in Hampshire in 2015 (Fareham and Waterlooville since 2024), but switched her allegiance to Reform UK in January 2026. Earlier in her parliamentary career, she served a
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