UK Home Secretary Says Women on Small-Boat Migration Routes Face Widespread Sexual Abuse

The UK Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says women attempting to reach Britain by small boat from northern France often face sexual abuse during their journeys. She said criminal trafficking gangs effectively control who reaches the crossing points and exploit vulnerable migrants. Her remarks came after 149 migrants were rescued in the English Channel and taken to a processing centre in Kent. The arrivals prompted an anti-migrant protest in Gosport, where demonstrators clashed with police and shouted hostile slogans. Mahmood condemned the protesters and said extremists reject her identity as a Muslim Briton. She also said she was uncomfortable with arrests connected to support for the banned group Palestine Action, but defended applying the law consistently.

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