A recent parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall devolved into heated exchanges after Reform UK MP Sarah Atherton described the arrival of migrants across the English Channel as an “invasion.”
The debate, triggered by two public petitions concerning immigration policy, highlighted the deep political fractures within Parliament over the handling of asylum seekers. Speaking to the petitions—which called for the closure of migrant hotels, the deportation of illegal migrants, and the cessation of financial support for asylum seekers—Atherton cited the hundreds of signatures gathered from…
