Chris Philp: “If they don't take him back, we can say: well, we're simply going to stop or restrict issuing visas to people from…”

Philp said the Tory plans would mean that the vast majority of people arriving in the UK illegally – such as by small boats or in the back of a lorry – would not be allowed to make a claim of asylum.

Two-tier policing is real. It is hardcoded into policy documents, recruitment, and training.

It is a disgraceful slur to suggest that those wanting to end illegal small boat immigration are prepared to see migrants drown.

If France showed people smugglers half the seriousness they showed me, the boats would stop.