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Jitendra Joshi

SHOCKING: Minister likens uk asylum system to leaky bucket after first migrants board barge - What They Never Told You

Britain’s asylum system is like a leaky bucket, a Cabinet minister admitted on Tuesday as he defended the transfer of migrants to a barge off Dorset.

“The reality is, if you’ve got a hole in the bucket and if you keep filling it, you’re always going to have a problem,” Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said on Times Radio.

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