Braverman stated, "It just shows what a farce our asylum system has become. There are violent, organised criminals who are playing our system and making a lot of money on the backs of others to get into our country illegally."
Whittome stated that the UK needs a 'complete overhaul of the asylum and immigration system so that it's more humane, more compassionate, gives people dignity'. She emphasized that what one might call border control 'is actually violence'.