The report undercuts months of assertions by senior Trump officials, who have repeatedly claimed they have no power to compel the return of these individuals.

Migrants in Calais have told the BBC that they will stop at nothing to reach the UK. "We're going to try again and again to cross to the UK," said one migrant, undeterred by the efforts of border police, "that's why it's a game, and we're going to win".

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday during a news conference that there will be “no amnesty” for migrants and mass deportations will continue to achieve a “100% American workforce.” Rollins cited the number of adults in the Medicaid program,

The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the Venezuelan men who were deported from the U.S. to a notorious Salvadoran prison,

The BBC 's Tom Symonds witnessed a UK Border Force ship bring migrants to Dover, after picking them up in the English Channel. The coastguard told the BBC that it co-ordinated the response to multiple incidents involving small boats in the Channel.

Over 200 migrants who were sent to a Salvadoran prison under accusations they were gang members are the responsibility of the U.S., El Salvador officials told the U.N.

But based on the details reported, the claim that “Channel migrants” are 24 times more likely to go to jail is not reliable. The University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory says there is no reliable publicly available data on the proportion of small boat arrivals who go to prison.

As the UK and France agree to find "new solutions" to the small boat crossings, BBC Verify looks at why asylum seekers want to come to the UK.

Greek authorities have transported more than 500 migrants to a port on the mainland in an effort to relieve strain on the island of Crete after a surge in arrivals from Libya.