For years I’ve asked ministers what they expect refugees to do. They never have an answer | Diane Taylor

It’s all very well to talk of ‘smashing’ the gangs. But until there are other routes, the dangerous crossings will keep happeningAnother day, another pledge from the government to smash the people-smuggling gangs. The foreign secretary, David Lammy, has lined up alongside the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, to promise stronger measures to get rid of those who continue to bring desperate people across the Channel in flimsy dinghies. Lammy’s latest policy is a new sanctions