Migrant crisis as French 'unable to stop boats along 300-mile stretch of coastline'

French police will not be able to prevent smugglers launching migrant dinghies along a 300-mile stretch of coastline, a former Border Force head has warned. Tony Smith said it was "inevitable" that trafficking gangs would spread out and launch dinghies on longer journeys. Smugglers have expanded their routes and launch points to dodge the belated crackdown in Calais and Dunkirk. And they are using more mega-dinghies, prompting fears of a dangerous new phase in the crisis. The alarming scenes of 140 migrants being brought into Portsmouth – not Dover – will intensify calls for Britain to leave the European Convention...