Australian border chief asked to advise UK

The Home Office has approached the Australian border force chief credited with helping end its crisis over migrant sea crossings. Chris Philp, the immigration minister, is understood to have contacted Roman Quaedvlieg, pictured, the former head of the Australian border force, to consult him over the country’s Operation Sovereign Borders, where its patrol force turned back migrants on boats and returned them to their port of origin. Quaedvlieg said Britain needed to introduce similar measures if it wanted to ‘‘significantly reduce’’ the number of migrants crossing the Channel .