Mansfield and Ashfield's MPs support under-fire Home Secretary in migrants crisis

Mrs Braverman has been heavily criticised for the way the Home Office has handled the arrival in the UK of asylum-seekers fleeing their own countries.

An immigration centre in Kent has been found to be overcrowded, with thousands of migrants living in diabolical and inhumane conditions.

And she has been accused of stirring up racial hatred by speaking of “an invasion on our southern coast”, telling MPs: “Let’s stop pretending they are all refugees in distress”.

Mrs Braverma even admitted: “Illegal migration is out of control. The system is broken.”

However, Tory colleagues, Mansfield’s MP Coun Ben Bradley and Ashfield’s MP Lee Anderson, have sided with the beleaguered Home Secretary.

Mr Anderson claimed in the House Of Commons that “Albanian criminals” were among the migrants seeking refuge.

He asked: “Would the Home Secretary agree with me that if the accommodation is not good enough for them, they can get on a dinghy and go straight back to France?”

Mrs Braverman replied: “He’s right. It costs an average of £150 per person, per night (to put up refugees) in a hotel. So, any complaints that the accommodation isn’t good enough is indulgent and ungrateful.”

Coun Bradley, also Nottinghamshire Council leader, was recently criticised for claiming that tackling immigration was “a key priority” for people in Mansfield.

Posting on your Chad’s Facebook page – fb.com/mansfieldchad – residents claimed the cost of living crisis was far more important, with one saying: “I am from Mansfield and immigrants are welcome here. I’d rather have immigrants than Tories.”

However, Coun Bradley has doubled down on his assertion. He praised Mrs Braverman’s “robust approach” and said: “Illegal immigration from safe countries is a matter of fairness that is hugely important to my constituents.”

“It’s completely wrong that someone can arrive here illegally, having paid people traffickers, and then receive money from hard-working taxpayers in Mansfield.

“I’m pleased to hear the Home Secretary has committed to clamping down on incidents where young single males, who make up most cases, claim to be under 18 and end up being ‘looked-after children’ with taxpayers responsible for their welfare until they’re 25, at great cost.”