A British anti-terrorist unit has taken over the investigation into the firebombing of an immigration centre, police said on Tuesday (November 1). Homemade incendiary devices were dumped at the Border Force's Western Jet Foil Center in Dover on Sunday. Two employees were slightly injured.
The facility in the bustling port city in south-east England processes migrants who have crossed the English Channel in small boats from northern Europe. The elderly man from High Wycombe, north west London, who was later found dead, was not treated as a terrorist. However, Kent Police said on Tuesday officers from the Counter Terrorism Police South East (CTPSE) had taken the lead in the investigation.
Chief Superintendent of Detectives Olly Wright, head of the CTPSE, said there was "nothing in Dover or anywhere else to indicate a broader ongoing threat". hateful complaint, although this does not necessarily reach the threshold of terrorism," he added. carried out a search warrant on a property in the High Wycombe area on Monday and found a "number of items of interest" which would be examined to try to determine the motive. "There is currently no evidence that the affected man worked with anyone else," Wright said.
The attack comes as Braverman, who was re-elected home secretary despite being sacked by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's short-lived predecessor, Liz Truss, is pushing hard for immigrants. An "invasion" sparked outrage and accusations of inflammatory language. But she retains Sunak's support, her official spokesman told reporters Tuesday, assessing that Braverman's choice of words reflects "the magnitude of the challenge" the government faces.
So far this year, about 40,000 people have crossed the canal in small boats, and forecasts say the number could reach 50,000 or even 60,000 by the end of the year. This has led to a backlog of asylum applications and a £6 increase in the government's estimated housing costs.
8 million ($7.8 million) per day. Braverman, who previously spoke of her "dream" of sending unsuccessful asylum seekers to Rwanda on a one-way ticket, was accused of willfully refusing to secure more hotel places for migrants being held in a temporary detention center near Dover are accommodated. However, it denies blocking the use of hotels.
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