Kemi Badenoch has suggested migrants currently housed in hotels could instead be held in "camps", as the number of English Channel small boat crossings nears 50,000 since Sir Keir Starmer took office.The Conservative Party leader warned that some communities "don't feel safe", as she visited Epping in Essex, where protesters have gathered in recent weeks opposing the decision to house asylum seekers in local hotels.Latest Home Office figures show that 49,797 people have arrived on British shores

Kemi Badenoch has suggested migrants currently housed in hotels could instead be held in "camps", as the number of English Channel small boat crossings nears 50,000 since Sir Keir Starmer took office.The Conservative Party leader warned that some communities "don't feel safe", as she visited Epping in Essex, where protesters have gathered in recent weeks opposing the decision to house asylum seekers in local hotels.Latest Home Office figures show that 49,797 people have arrived on British shores by small boat since Labour won last year's general election.