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Priti demands

action as 1,

this year try to

cross Channel

72 hours to solve

migration crisis

FOR a character known for mangling
other languages, it might seem a strange
choice. But migrants are being told how
they can learn English... from Del Boy Trot-
ter on Only Fools and Horses.
Think-tank charity British Future wants a
new TV channel featuring classic shows
from the UK so arrivals from abroad can
find out how ordinary Britons speak.
It means Del Boy, famous for misusing
phrases such as ‘mange tout’, could be
teaching new arrivals how to say ‘cushty’
and ‘lovely jubbly’.
Other suggested shows for the ‘Learn-
ing English’ freeview channel include
Fawlty Towers and Midsomer Murders.
The channel could also show more seri-

ous programmes like Simon Schama’s A

History of Britain. Report author Jill

Rutter said: ‘Speaking English is the key to

integration, helping migrants find work

and become part of their community.

‘Many work long hours and find it diffi-

cult to attend daytime college. A Learn-

ing English freeview TV channel is a cost-

effective way to offer flexible learning.

Britain has made some of the world’s best

television programmes and drawing on

that archive would help introduce

migrants to British life and culture while

they learn the language.’

Some 8,000 people living in England –

1.6 per cent of all residents – do not speak

English well or at all, the 2011 census

states. The report also recommends

reform of fee regulations so people can

start learning English when they arrive.

PRITI Patel last night

gave the Home Office

72 hours to come up with

an emergency plan to

tackle the migrant crisis

in the Channel.
The Home Secretary held
urgent talks on the phone
with her French counterpart,
the Interior Minister Chris-
tophe Castaner.
Their discussion came ahead
of a bilateral meeting in Paris on
Thursday and as migrants con-
tinued to make the crossing
from France. Following the talks,
Miss Patel told officials to get a
plan with specific practical
options for ‘immediate imple-
mentation’ prior to the meeting.
Sources close to Miss Patel
said: ‘The focus will be on prac-
tical support to assist French
patrols to deter migrants from
embarking upon these perilous
crossings organised by crimi-
nal gangs.’ Options include
sending more Border Force offi-
cials to France, ramping up
technological efforts to detect
migrants or sending more boats
to patrol the Channel.
Soaring numbers are crossing
the Channel’s perilous waters,
with nearly 100 migrants taking
to small boats from France in

one day alone this year. Yester-

day, Border Force officials were

deployed to deal with two inci-

dents involving small boats off

the Kent coast.

According to Sky News, more

than 20 migrants were rescued.

Meanwhile, the Brussels Times

reported that this year had so

in 78 attempts over the whole of

last year. Since January 1, there

have been 156 attempts, with

1,451 migrants intercepted,

according to the report.

A spokesman for the Maritime

Prefecture said the route poses

several major risks. They cited

the dangers of navigating the

world’s busiest shipping lane,

along with strong currents and

freezing water.

The UK has already sent

officers from Immigration

Enforcement and the National

Crime Agency to a centre in

Calais to tackle criminality at

the border. France has ramped

up foot patrols on beaches and

coastal areas and the UK has

deployed Border Force cutters

to patrol the waters. Britain has

also given millions of pounds of

funding for equipment to tackle

illegal immigration such as

CCTV, night vision goggles and

number plate recognition tech-

nology. But despite the meas-

ures, the number of migrants

attempting to make the cross-

ing has not fallen at all.

Earlier this month a woman

missing from a small boat was

feared to be the first migrant to

die trying to cross the Channel.

Coastguards called off the

search 24 hours after it was first

reported that she had fallen out

of a dinghy with two others 20

miles off Ramsgate in Kent.

Since January the Home

Office has sent more than 65

people who arrived illegally in

small boats back to Europe.

The Home Office said: ‘Cross-

ing the Channel in a small boat

is a huge risk. The criminal

gangs who perpetuate this are

ruthless and do not care about

loss of life. The Home Secretary

is in discussions with the

French authorities about this..’

n Miss Patel’s announcement

came as it was revealed 40,

failed asylum seekers are still in

the UK – despite being ear-

marked for removal. The number

rose 15 per cent in the past year,

after the Government was

attacked for its ‘hostile environ-

ment’ policy, The Times reported.

The number of unsuccessful

applicants ‘subject to removal

action’ rose to 39,932 in the year

to June, up from 34,752.

By Larisa Brown

Defence and Security Editor

Cushty! Think-tank says foreigners

should learn English from Del Boy

‘Ruthless

criminal gangs’

Order: Priti Patel

By Eleanor Harding

LITTLEJOHN

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19

A TEACHING assist-

ant who disappeared

two weeks ago may

have been murdered,

detectives revealed

last night.

The body of Lindsay

Birbeck, 47, pictured,

was discovered in a

cemetery on the out-

skirts of Accrington,

Lancashire.

The find was a tragic

end to a huge search

for the mother of two, whose disappear-

ance was ‘completely out of character’.

Her distraught family were too upset to

comment yesterday. Her husband Tim,

49, is chairman of nearby Hapton Parish

Council, and their daughter Sarah, 16, col-

lected her GCSE results last week. The

couple also share a son, Stephen, 19.

Mrs Birbeck was last seen on CCTV at

4.10pm on Monday, August 12. Investiga-

tors said evidence at the scene led them

to believe she may have been killed. A

post-mortem was due to be carried out.

No arrests have been made.

NINE out of ten children are not getting

enough sleep or exercise and spend too

much time at screens, experts warn.

Children who spend hours on smart-

phones and tablets move around less,

and the blue light from the devices

disrupts their sleeping patterns.

The study, by Loughborough University

and University College London, looked

at screen time, sleep and physical activ-

ity in children based on the Millennium

Cohort Study of 2015 and 2016.

The study, in journal JAMA Pediatrics,

states only 9.7 per cent of 1 year olds in

the UK meet three recommendations,

with more than three-quarters of teen-

agers spending more than two hours on

screens daily.

England has no screen time guidelines,

but in Canada less than two hours a day

is recommended for younger children.

The results show just 23.1 per cent of

1 year olds manage this, and the study

of almost ,000 UK children found almost

77 per cent of 1 year olds spend two or

more hours a day at screens.

Furthermore, less than half of 1 year

olds manage to achieve the recom-

mended hour or more a day of moder-

ate or vigorous physical activity.

Researchers also found more than one

in 10 children failed to get more than

eight hours of sleep on a school night.

Only 0.5 per cent get the amount of

exercise the NHS recommends, although

89.3 per cent got more than eight hours

of sleep. This has been linked to depres-

sive symptoms, according to the Royal

College of Paediatrics and Child Health,

while evidence suggests it may also

harm thinking skills.

Children with symptoms of depression

and boys who were obese were least

likely to meet the standards set.

The authors conclude: ‘The first step

toward targeted intervention efforts is

an understanding of the factors that are

associated with engaging in multiple

unhealthy behaviours.’

9 in 10 children

are glued to

screens and

sleep badly

By Victoria Allen

Science Correspondent

‘Symptoms of

depression’

Murder probe

after mum of

2’s body found

far seen more than twice the

number of migrants attempt-

ing to cross the Channel than

in the whole of 2018.

Referring to a report by the

Maritime Prefecture, the

French authority for safety at

sea, 586 migrants tried to cross