By making the immigration debate all about the "relatively tiny" number of people arriving in the UK on small boats (29,437 last year), Rishi Sunak is hoping that voters will continue to overlook the "vast number" arriving on our shores legally (672,000 net last year). "Who does Sunak think he's kidding? Quite plainly, it's us."

The UK has offered the Republic of Ireland the chance to join in on its controversial Rwanda scheme as a row between the two countries over asylum seeker returns continues to grow. Irish lawmakers had kicked up a fuss over migrant arrivals over the Northern Irish border - plans had been in place to push through emergency legislation to send them