Giving an update on the situation in the Commons, the home secretary confirms four people have died but says it would be 'inappropriate to go into further detail at this time'. Read more here:
'Distressed voice message sent from sinking boat'
Sir Roger Gale, MP for North Thanet in Kent, said his party was"playing to the right-wing gallery" with some of its measures. "Others will go back to before the war, the Second World War, when we took people from all over Europe into this country."But if we're going to that, then we do have to have a handle on the economic migrant problem - that's the difficulty that faces both the prime minister and the home secretary."The coastguard is continuing its search-and-rescue operation in the Channel.
Natalie Elphicke, MP for Dover, said:"It is the news that I as the MP for Dover and Deal and people across my community fear day after day, particularly in wintry and cold conditions.
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