Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to do more to tackle the small boats crisis following the “appalling and preventable” tragedy that saw the deaths of six people when a vessel sank off the coast of France on Saturday.
Fresh calls for action came as it emerged that a further 509 people crossed the English Channel in 10 small boats on Saturday, despite the perilous nature of the crossing, bringing the total for the year so far to 16,679.
