Channel crossings: Keir Starmer faces Labour revolt over stance on refugees

Keir Starmer is facing a revolt from his supporters over Labour's stance on refugees, amid claims that the party is "turning a blind eye" to desperate people trying to make it to the UK across the channel.

Labour members were angered after the front bench criticised the government's "incompetence" in dealing with migrants arriving by dinghy, instead of defending their right to claim asylum in Britain – which is protected by the UN refugee convention.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said she could send in the Royal Navy to intercept the boats, after Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage accused a group of people arriving on a Kent beach of an "invasion".

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Open Labour, a soft-left grouping which welcomed Sir Keir as