Sir Keir Starmer has promised small boat migrants will be "detained and sent back" as he faced mounting pressure to show results on tackling English Channel crossings and ending the use of asylum hotels.The number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats remains at a record high for this point in a year and small-scale protests continued over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised small boat migrants will be "detained and sent back" as he faced mounting pressure to show results on tackling English Channel crossings and ending the use of asylum hotels.The number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats remains at a record high for this point in a year and small-scale protests continued over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.