Family homes in towns like yours being converted to house small boat migrants

Thousands of migrants that have crossed the English Channel and entered Britain illegally are being housed in homes in towns across the UK. Towns like Nuneaton, in the West Midlands, have seen asylum seekers arrive and placed in terraced housing.

According to the Daily Mail, migrants are being housed in relatively spacious accomodation, complete with "black marble-effect tables" and "L-shaped sofas". One such migrant, Mohamed, 20, is reported to be living with seven other Channel migrants in a home in Nuneaton that boasts a "spacious modern kitchen, equipped with a double oven, stove and a microwave". Mohamed, it was alleged, was housed under a secretive government operation - branded "Operation Scatter" by critics - to spread thousands of asylum seekers across working-class communities, leafy suburban avenues, and historic market towns.

The plan, it was reported by The Times in August, was for migrants to be housed within communities rather than in military sites like RAF Wethersfield in Essex.

The Daily Express hs contacted the Home Office for comment.

This comes as new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has branded Channel crossings "utterly unacceptable" and has been told to "go up a gear" in tackling the issue.

However, on her first day in the Home Office, 1000 migrants crossed the Dover Strait and made it to Britain.

Ms Mahmood is to host the so-called Five Eyes security alliance, holding talks between counterparts from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand today.

She said the Five Eyes intelligence sharing pact would "agree new measures to protect our border". The group will also discuss new measures to tackle child sexual abuse online, as well as the spread of deadly synthetic opioids, the Home Office said.

Ms Mahmood said: "Rebuilding our reputation on the world stage is how we tackle serious organised crime and secure our borders."