UK Border Force officials could strike over 'morally reprehensible' plans to turn dinghies around in Channel

People are brought in to Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers (Gareth Fuller/PA)

UK Border Force officials could go on strike over Priti Patel’s “morally reprehensible” plans to turn back dinghies in the English Channel, a union has said.

The British Home Office is facing legal action over proposals to turn small boats around at sea, a tactic campaigners warn could put lives at risk.