Priti Patel’s plans to send migrant boats back to France ‘dead in water’, union says

Immigration Services Union says maritime law would have to be rewritten and French government has rejected proposals

Priti Patel's plans to send back small boats carrying migrants in the Channel are already dead in the water", an immigration workers' union has said.

Border Force staff are being trained to employ turn-around" tactics at sea under plans developed for two years, a statement from the Home Office said overnight.