Less than 24 hours after the British commentariat had a collective meltdown over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s plan to use the Royal Navy to escort illegal migrants back to France, some 157 migrants were returned to the French coastline after their boat caught fire. A Pas-de-Calais prefecture spokesman said: “A small boat caught fire on the edge of French and British waters, leading its occupants to throw themselves into the water.” A French maritime official told the broadsheet that the migrants would be brought to Boulogne-sur-Mer to receive medical attention. Meanwhile, the so-called “one in, one out” deal has seen only 4 per cent of migrants who arrived in Dover return to France. Were this to be allowed, it would likely decrease the migrant pull factor for both the UK and France.