Call for UK treaty with France on migrant crossings to avoid ‘crisis’ numbers

It comes after a record number of crossings to Britain in a single day last week Picture: PA

A failure by the UK to reach a new agreement with France on how to deal with migrant crossings could lead to numbers reaching “crisis” levels, a UK ex-Border Force chief has warned.

It comes after a record number of crossings to Britain in a single day last week, and follows a Government minister branding the number of incidents “unacceptably high”.