Civil servants are on a collision course with Conservative MPs after threatening to strike over the government's Rwanda plan and small boats bill.
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, representing workers at the Home Office and Border Force, said demoralised staff fear being forced to break the law and could "explore" industrial action.
But senior Tories said a threat to walk out over the key parts of the government's asylum policy was "appalling" and "unacceptable".
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