Migrant flows to the UK show no sign of abating, with more than 24,500 illegal migrants already having entered the country, a figure almost triple the number of arrivals for all of 2020.

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has for the first time admitted her country is facing a "mass migration crisis", pointing the finger at the EU over its open border policy.

Speaking to reporters in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Patel berated the European Commission for failing to hammer out an effective plan on resolving migration-related issues.