Shabana Mahmood: “Misinformation and inflammatory commentary is making a dreadful situation even worse.”

This surge in enforcement activity takes us to the highest level in British history. Illegal workers and rogue employers have nowhere to hide.

Small boats numbers are now falling but we are not complacent and there is more we must do.

There is nothing fair about a system that is based upon uncontrolled, unsafe and illegal routes into this country.

The government intends to bring forward an amendment to this bill in response to the widely reported case of the vile grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed.