RNLI Volunteer: 'Not Our Job To Defend The Border'

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RNLI volunteers aren’t meant to be “mini home secretaries” when a lifeboat is called to save lives, says volunteer Edmund Hall, as the charity says its volunteers have faced verbal and even physical abuse over misinformation regarding its role in rescuing migrants in the Channel. “It’s a misunderstanding of our role because we do not defend the border. That’s not our job.” Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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