Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said her measures mean "abusers will have nowhere to hide" but the Conservatives claimed Labour had "failed women" and "broken its promises".
Quietly, ministers welcomed the timing. Public pressure over Channel crossings has remained intense, and the absence of arrivals offered a rare moment of political breathing space.
Speaking to Sky News in Calais, the Green leader says open borders was not in his party's manifesto and is used as an "attack line" by opponents to try and discredit him.
Dulwich College says the alleged behaviour attributed to Nigel Farage is "wholly incompatible with the values the College holds". Reform UK says this is a "witch hunt".