Hundreds of migrants headed for Britain yesterday just 24 hours after Andy Burnham claimed the plan to stop small boats ‘is working’.
More than 700 migrants are thought to have attempted to cross the Channel on one of the busiest days so far this year.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp was told by one French officer that they had orders not to intervene, as the Tory MP spent the day monitoring departures from a beach in the north of the country.
Gendarmes stood by as more than 100 migrants gathered in shallow waters before struggling aboard one overloaded inflatable bound for the UK.
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