Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 9 April 2023

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1. Home Office ‘can’t prove small boats claim’

The Home Office has admitted it has no evidence to back one of the core justifications for its crackdown on small boat crossings. In 2021, the-then home secretary, Priti Patel, told MPs that “70% of individuals on small boats are single men who are effectively economic migrants”. In December last year, her successor, Suella Braverman, backed the claim. When asked via a Freedom of Information request for evidence to support the assertion, the Home Office admitted it had none. Campaigners said the claim was “deployed to demonise and dehumanise”.

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