There is increasing debate over migration in Britain as more asylum seekers arrive on the country’s southern coast in small boats. A small number of migrants usually attempts the crossing from France each year. However, the government says that more than 400 people have tried to cross the 30-kilometer-wide English Channel in the last four months. The government has called it a major problem and has redeployed patrol ships to the Channel from a joint European Union activity in the Mediterranean Sea. During a visit to the port of Dover recently, Home Secretary Sajid Javid questioned why asylum seekers were coming to Britain. “If you are a genuine asylum seeker then why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country that you arrived in? Because France is not a country where anyone would argue is not safe.” Most of the recent asylum seekers appear to have come from Iran. They are trying to cross in air-filled boats in the middle of winter.
Title: Asylum Seekers in Boats Test Britain’s Southern Coast
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data-start-time='21854' data-end-time='35313'>However, the government says that more than 400 people have tried to cross the 30-kilometer-wide English Channel in the last four months.</span> <span data-start-time='35313' data-end-time='50729'>The government has called it a major problem and has redeployed patrol ships to the Channel from a joint European Union activity in the Mediterranean Sea.</span> <span data-start-time='50729' data-end-time='65271'>During a visit to the port of Dover recently, Home Secretary Sajid Javid questioned why asylum seekers were coming to Britain.</span> <span data-start-time='65271' data-end-time='73958'>“If you are a genuine asylum seeker then why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country that you arrived in?</span> <span data-start-time='73958' data-end-time='81708'>Because France is not a country where anyone would argue is not safe.”</span> <span data-start-time='81708' data-end-time='87771'>Most of the recent asylum seekers appear to have come from Iran.</span> <span data-start-time='87771' data-end-time='94479'>They are trying to cross in air-filled boats in the middle of winter.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3103/07399A5B-0945-49DA-8318-DE9009ABA924_cx0_cy3_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12256 data-hint-location='65271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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