The Government had pledged to widen the existing pilot from four prisons in the south-west to 20 prisons nationwide in May.

Ministers agreed the pilot scheme with the French government in July as part of efforts to deter the number of arrivals by small boat crossings.

Actor and director Robert Redford, who has died aged 89, was known as much for his activism as his Oscar-winning films. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the 1970s Hollywood golden boy’s life ...