The Dublin Regulation meant that anyone who had set foot in another EU country first could be returned to that country, but this law no longer stands. Those who make the crossing know it will be difficult for Britain to return them to France.

A major feature of the 2016 Leave campaign was a refusal to define what, precisely, Brexit would mean.

The supreme irony is that, despite all those Vote Leave promises, Brexit is making it harder to control UK borders.

With Indian restaurants in crisis, Boris Johnson and Priti Patel said we would be able to employ more chefs from south Asia.