More than 4,000 people are believed to have made the journey so far this year, some of them vulnerable individuals including young children, pregnant women and disabled people
Earlier today, Boris Johnson said the Government was “looking at the legal framework that we have”, saying current laws meant “that when people do get here, it is very, very difficult to then send them away again even though blatantly they’ve come here illegally.”
Immigration minister Chris Philp is due to hold talks with French counterparts tomorrow, amid reports that the UK is planning to deploy the Navy.
