Farage And The Tories Accused Of 'Causing Small Boat Crisis' By Championing Brexit

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6901f6681800007df8e8fa13.jpeg?cache=P8rarriw9K&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Nigel Farage and Ed Davey" data-caption="Nigel Farage and Ed Davey" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="LBC" />Nigel Farage and Ed Davey</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/ed-davey" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ed Davey</a> has declared <a href="news/nigel-farage" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nigel Farage</a> and the <a href="news/conservative-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tories</a> are to blame for the small boats crisis because they were the “champions of <a href="news/brexit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brexit</a>”.</p><p>Speaking to <a href="news/lbc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LBC</a>, the <a href="news/liberal-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Liberal Democrats</a> leader said the <a href="news/reform-uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reform UK</a> leader and the opposition – who have been calling for a firmer crackdown on asylum seekers coming across the English Channel – were actually behind the rising numbers coming to British shores.</p><p>He said: “It’s really important to push back against people like Nigel Farage and the Conservatives.</p><p>“Prior to Brexit, we had an agreement with 27 European countries under what was called the Dublin Convention, and that acted as a real deterrent.</p><p>“Now that we’re out of there, it’s acting as a magnet because the asylum