Boris Johnson says crossing Channel in small boats 'dangerous and criminal'

PM hints at law change to make it easier to deport people who make dangerous voyage

Boris Johnson has branded attempts by people to cross the Channel in small boats as a very bad and stupid and dangerous and criminal thing to do" and hinted at changing the law to make it easier to deport such arrivals.

Meanwhile a French politician has warned that the UK's decision to send in the Royal Navy won't change anything", and a former Home Office official has said he was sceptical of the plans.