BRITAIN could suspend visas from countries which don’t “play ball” and take back failed asylum seekers, the Home Secretary said today.

Shabana Mahmood said she had discussed the possibility with the UK's Five Eyes allies, saying there was "interesting space for collaboration, particularly on how we deal with countries who do not take their citizens back".

More than 30,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats already this year - with more than 1,000 coming the day after Ms Mahmood took over as Home Secretary.

She said: "For countries that do not play ball, we've been talking about how we can take much more co-ordinated action between the Five Eyes countries.

"For us, that means including possibly the cutting of visas in the future , just to say, you know, we do expect count

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