since then, more rescues have been reported, and the government, particularly home secretar sajid javit, bbc news, have responded strongly. so too has bbc news, choosing the story as a top headline on a bbc one bulletin on for days over the past week. tonight at 10pm: the number of rising migrants trying to cross the english channel is declared a major incident by the home secretary. as more people are detained off the coast of dover today, ministers warn it is only a matter of time before lives are lost. the government defends its handling of the rise and migrants crossing the channel after calls for more patrol boats. with more than 200 people arriving in the past two months, the immigration minister blames organised crime gangs trading in human misery. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. sajid javit says there is no easy answer, as another group of migrants are found by border officials on the kent coast this morning. the channel migrant crossings: the home secretary questions whether they are genuine asylum seekers. a patrol boat in dover, sajid javit says tha

sajid javit says there is no easy answer, as another group of migrants are found by border officials on the kent coast this morning. the channel migrant crossings: the home secretary questions whether they are genuine asylum seekers. a patrol boat in dover, sajid javit says that is attempting the risky trip england should be claiming asylum in france instead. there was also significant coverage on the bbc news website, where the situation was referred to as a crisis. that reflected saj id that reflected sajid javid's interpretation but was the bbc right to go along with its? a number of viewers thought not with this person writing: there was also another objection voiced by viewers such as barbara relating to the use of the term migrants. she recorded this video for us expending the problem as she saw it. the trouble with the word immigrant is that it's now used by governments with the object of illegal or economic to encourage the british people to feel negatively towards the people crossing the channel. if the bbc chose to use the word asylum seeker or refugee that would be much cl

since then, more rescues have been reported, and the government, particularly home secretar sajid javitstrongly. so too has bbc news, choosing the story as a top headline on a bbc one bulletin on for days over the past week. tonight at 10pm: the number of rising migrants trying to cross the english channel is declared a major incident by the home