UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has vowed to continue deploying the Royal Navy to tackle illegal immigration in the English Channel if she becomes the next prime minister.
The Royal Navy was brought in to patrol the Channel in April, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the move would help ensure that “no boat makes it to the UK undetected.”
The Daily Telegraph reported earlier this week that the Navy was planning to hand back control to the Border Force “unless there are ministerial actions.”
Liz Truss during a hustings event as part of the campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister, in Darlington, County Durham, on Aug. 9, 2022. (Danny Lawson/PA)
But Truss, who is currently the frontrunner in the race to replace Johnson as Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister, said she would “absolutely” maintain the military presence in the Channel….