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Britain’s new government may cut the number of Channel crossings

Dropping the crazy Rwanda plan was a good start

In this drone view an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants makes its way towards England
Course correctionPhotograph: Reuters

British history is filled with stories of miraculously helpful weather, from the “Protestant wind” that scattered the Spanish Armada in 1588 to the calm, cloudy conditions that enabled the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. The weather has been less kind to Britain’s new government in one area where it is desperate to succeed.

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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Fewer, please”

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