Migrant crossings ‘will top 100,000 a year unless France takes them back’
Migrant crossings ‘will top 100,000 a year unless France takes them back’
Priti Patel has said the migrant crisis is a ‘shared problem’ with France (Picture: PA)
The number of migrants risking the Channel crossing could soar to 100,000 a year unless the UK and France agree a new deal to police the route, an ex-Border Force chief has warned.
Tony Smith, the former director-general of Border Force, said crossings were in danger of reaching ‘epidemic’ levels last seen in…