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Home Office pays firm £2m to pick up people trying to cross Channel

Six-month contract with Aeolian Offshore involves three vessels picking up people from small boats and taking them to Dover

The Home Office is paying a private company £2m over six months to charter boats and crew to pick up people trying to cross the Channel, amid tension with the Royal Navy over its role in Priti Patel’s plans to deter asylum seekers.

Contract disclosures published on a government portal show that Aeolian Offshore, which is based on the Isle of Wight and usually serves the offshore wind industry, has provided three boats.

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