Hunt backs Javid in Channel crossings row

Foreign secretary says priority is to discourage people from attempting risky journeyThe foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has backed Sajid Javid after the home secretary was criticised for questioning whether people crossing the Channel in small boats were “genuine” asylum seekers.Speaking in Malaysia, Hunt said: “I think the home secretary is right to say that as a country that is very proud of our tradition of granting asylum to people who need it, we also want to make sure th