Crossings resumed this week, with large numbers of people arriving in Kent, after few tried the journey in the last week of March amid bad weather.

Patrol vessels have been posted in the Channel to oversee operations.

Here is a look at how much the scheme will cost, who is at risk of being removed and why Boris Johnson says the move is necessary.

Border Force and the RNLI brought women, children and men ashore in Dover.

Migrants, including asylum seekers who enter through unauthorised methods, will be flown 4,000 miles to East Africa under Government plans.

Boris Johnson is set to argue that action is needed to combat the ‘vile people smugglers’ turning the ocean into a ‘watery graveyard’.