Foreign Secretary Instructs Ambassadors to Help Stop the Boats

James Cleverly has instructed foreign diplomats to do more to help tackle people trafficking across the English Channel.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly addressing the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central Convention Complex in England on Oct. 1, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/PA

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said he has written to foreign diplomats in the UK about immigrants using small boats to cross the English Channel.

It comes as 537 people arrived on Saturday onboard nine boats, bringing the yearly total to 24,830.