Alex Norris: “Today’s sentencing sends a clear message: criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and threaten our border security…”

Those who step outside the boundaries can be quickly identified and face being sent back to prison

If we drew it any wider we would have a prison capacity crisis.

I know that’s difficult. I know that’s created harm, and it’s not Lissie Harper’s fault, and I’m sorry that she’s been put into this situation as a result, I genuinely am.

It's a very visible reminder, both of the dangerous nature of those crossings, also of the blind indifference that human traffickers have for life on those boats... I'm pleased with the work that we're doing with France. That's reduced…