welcome, it's up to 7 lovely to see you again. brexit allowed the uk to "take back control" of, among other things, its borders. yet this government has proved no more successful than its predecessors in stopping illegal migration. the problem may even be getting worse. on a single day last week, 1,185 people risked a perilous crossing in small boats from france to the east coast of england. the mystery is how they get into the shengen zone in the first place — that's eu countries you can travel between without passport checks. with no effective means of stopping the lucrative — and exploitative — trade in people smuggling, an australian—style solution is under consideration — transferring them for processing to albania on the other side of europe. and that no small expense. how are the migrants who end up in and around calais in france are thought to be getting there? it’s around calais in france are thought