Minister Told to ‘Get a Grip’ on Asylum and Immigration

Robert Jenrick faced criticism from own party's backbenchers in Westminster over rising illegal immigrant cases

Britain's Housing, Communities, and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick arrives at 10 Downing Street in central London, on March 17, 2020. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

Tory minister Robert Jenrick has faced fierce criticism from his own party’s backbenchers over immigration enforcement.

As opposition MPs lined up to denounce the Illegal Migration Bill on Tuesday, Conservative politicians also grilled the immigration minister on when government agencies were going to “get a grip” on rising illegal immigrant cases.