Labour minister faces backlash after saying majority migrants were women and children
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A Labour minister, Darren Jones, faced backlash after claiming that "the majority of the people in these boats are children, babies and women." This statement was made during a Question Time event, where nearly 1,000 migrants crossed the Channel into the UK. Home Office figures show 73 percent percent of small boat arrivals in 2024 - or 26,999 out of all 36,816 arrivals - were adult males, contrary to his claim.

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