UK Border Chief Quits After Failing to Curb Migrant Channel Crossings

The head of the UK’s border security command, Martin Hewitt, will step down at the end of March after failing to curb the surge in small boat Channel crossings, with nearly 60,000 making the journey on his watch. The Mail has more.

The Home Office confirmed Martin Hewitt would leave the post of border security commander after 18 months in the job.

Sir Keir Starmer appointed Hewitt, a former senior police officer, shortly after becoming Prime Minister – tasking him with curbing the number of small boats crossing the Channel.

Since his appointment in September 2024, crossings have continued at sky-high levels – with 58,910 people making the journey in that time.

His tenure also saw the second-highest annual total of people crossing the Channel, with 41,472 people arriving in the UK by small boat last year.

It is understood he will leave at the end of the month, with an interim replacement appointed “in due course”....<<<Read More>>>...