Natalie Elphicke
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 54 |
| Official site | parliament.uk |
| Born | Welwyn Garden City |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Charlie Elphicke |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 | |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Education | University of Kent |
| Books | Save 100,000 Homes from Repossession, Housing People, Financing Housing |
| Save 100,000 Homes from Repossession | |
| Housing People, Financing Housing | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1970 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3460349 |
Natalie Elphicke Life story
Natalie Cecilia Elphicke OBE is a British Conservative Party politician and finance lawyer. At the 2019 general election, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Dover, succeeding her husband Charlie Elphicke following allegations of sexual harassment.
BBC chief grilled by Conservative MPs over Israel-Gaza coverage
... " Reports from inside the 1922 Committee, which represents backbench Tory MPs in the House of Commons, said that Tory Natalie Elphicke was among MPs to question Mr Davie on the BBC s coverage of small boat crossings...
Migrants being stranded in London was a mistake, says minister
... Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is due to visit Dover on Friday to meet the town s MP, Natalie Elphicke, along with local residents and councillors...
Channel migrants: Smugglers claim boat shortages affecting crossings
... Dover MP Natalie Elphicke said it was " truly shocking, both the blatant criminality and the ease with which people are travelling from the migrant camps to the departure zones"...
Dover and Eurotunnel queues: Gridlock persists for travellers to France
... " Dover MP Natalie Elphicke said Saturday was another " really busy and difficult day" and also pointed the finger at the French, saying they had " let us down badly" on Friday...
Half-term travel: Dover passengers 'stuck for hours' at border control
... " Dover MP Natalie Elphicke called for a review of National Highway s " sticking plaster approach" to traffic issues in the area...
Dover cross-Channel ferries face further disruption
... Local MP Natalie Elphicke blamed P& O for the problems - the firm has yet to be given permission to resume sailings to France since sacking 800 staff last month...
P& O Ferries backlash grows after firing 800 workers
... " Dover MP Natalie Elphicke described said the way P& O and DP World had acted as " shabby, disgraceful and utterly unacceptable"...
Channel migrants: Smugglers claim boat shortages affecting crossings
By Colin Campbell and Michael KeohanSpecial correspondent, Bbc South East and Political Reporter, BBC Radio Kent
People smuggling gangs in France claim there is a growing shortage of small boats to make the crossings, a BBC investigation has discovered.
An undercover reporter was told it would cost up to £2,800 per person to reach the UK.
Migrants were also filmed using a free Local Bus service to get to beaches in France.
The Home Office said it would " use every tool" at its disposal to deter illegal migration.
So Far this year More Than 35,000 people have made The Crossing , compared to just over 28,000 for the whole of 2021.
Posing as a migrant with a pregnant wife and two year-old daughter, our reporter was told by a smuggler The Price to reach the UK was £2,800 per person, " otherwise I won't make any profit. I can't do less. "
Another smuggler warned prices would increase.
" There are not enough boats, " he told our reporter, " some problem in Germany.
" We get them from Turkey and bring them via Germany. "
After catching the bus to beaches near Dunkirk The Migrants are walked to sand dunes by members of smuggling gangs and told to hide until The Boats are ready.
Garnyan travelled to France from Iraq with his pregnant wife and two-year-old son, and said he wanted to come to the UK because he feared they would be treated harshly in other European countries.
" We know that French police and English police will help us, " He Said .
Dover MP Natalie Elphicke said it was " truly shocking, both the blatant criminality and the ease with which people are travelling from the migrant camps to The Departure zones".
" This is something I will be taking up with the Home Secretary, " Ms Elphicke said, " and asking that she takes up urgently with her French counterparts.
" It beggars belief there's a bus service from the migrant camps to The Departure places, it clearly needs addressing urgently. "
A Home Office spokesman said: " We will Go Further and faster to tackle those gaming The System , using every tool at our disposal to deter illegal migration, disrupt The Business model of people smugglers and relocate to Rwanda, those with no right to be in the UK.
" Despite the lies they have been sold by The People smugglers, migrants who travel through safe countries to illegally enter the UK will not be allowed to start a New Life here. "
The Bbc has approached the Two People smugglers for comment.
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Source of news: bbc.com
