Sally Nugent shut down by Jenrick in BBC Breakfast clash

BBC Breakfast host Sally Nugent was told by a defiant Robert Jenrick he’d been in the job of immigration secretary for a week as she questioned him about the current migrant crisis. In a heated clash, Jenrick defended the government’s response to the “difficult challenge” as Nugent challenged him about “lack of preparation” on the BBC show.It comes as an immigration watchdog highlighted dangerous conditions at the Manston migrant processing centre.Addressing claims on Tuesday, Jenrick explained to BBC viewers how the government plans to tackle the crisis and the safety concerns.”The main that’s happened is that a very large number of people have crossed the channel in recent weeks,” Jenrick explained.”A few days ago, we saw 1,000 cross the channel in a single day which is almost a record number.READ MORE: Strictly’s Tony Adams could make final after new evidence exposed BBC Breakfast: Nugent and Jenrick clashed (Image: BBC) BBC Breakfast: Jenrick explained he has been in the job for ‘a week’ (Image: BBC) BBC Breakfast: Jenrick was questioned over the migrant crisis (Image: BBC) BBC Breakfast: Jenrick said he had been immigration secretary for under a week (Image: BBC)”And during that time, Manston has been a place where people should be processed within 24 hours. What was done to preempt this?””Well, I’ve only been in this job for a week – in fact, less than a week,” Jenrick argued.”In the time I’ve been in the job we procured more hotels. “We have got more staff and facilities and I do have to praise the border force and contractors who are doing an absolutely amazing job.”DON’T MISS…EastEnders’ Kheerat Panesar in race to save Suki [SPOILERS]Holly Willoughby mortified over This Morning swearing mishap [VIDEO]GMB row as royal expert slammed for ‘raking it in’ over Sussexes [LATEST]He continued: “I would say it is not easy to plan for this number of individuals and in the defence of my predecessors, that our infrastructure in this country is not designed to have 40,000 or more people cross the channel illegally in this manner.”On top of the work that we’re doing, rightly, as a country to support those leaving Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Ukraine.”This year we see an unprecedented number of refugees and asylum seekers and that puts pressure on sites like Manston, on hotels, on social housing, in a way which is very challenging.”The job for me and The Home Office is clearly to manage those precedents as best as we can.