This uncompromising attitude has its detractors, with many members and supporters of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) viewing Lee as aggressive and abrasive in his approach.
And at the recent UK-EU summit both sidesto work together on finding solutions to tackle illegal immigration.
This includes people who arrive on small boats, or hidden in lorries, and people who remain in the UK after their legal visa expires.The vast majority of UK immigration is legal - this includes people who have been granted permission to come to work, study, claim asylum or for other authorised purposes.Over the past 12 months about 44,000 people entered the UK illegally - about 5% of the nearly one million people who immigrated to the UK between April 2024 and March 2025.
The government has also promised "This refers to the backlog of claims by asylum seekers who are waiting to hear whether they will be granted refugee status and be allowed to remain in the UK.
Since last summer, there has been a 58% increase in decisions on asylum cases.
This, combined with a recent fall in applications has meant the overall backlog of asylum cases has fallen compared with the end of June 2024.Previous heatwaves have caused harmful blooms of algae and in 2018 caused mass mortality among mussels.
In 2023, jellyfish sightings increased by 32% following a marine heatwave with temperatures 3-4C above average.The heat could also encourage different fish to move into UK waters, including the bluefin tuna, potentially increasing the amount of fish to catch.
Normally marine heatwaves last around two weeks, so scientists are surprised at how long this one is persisting."It is exceptional. We are about two and half months in, which is very long," says Dr Berthou.