More than 600 people crossed the English Channel in small boats in the highest number on a single day so far this year, new figures show. Some 616 people were
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The asylum backlog in the UK has hit a new record high as the immigration minister appeared to suggest processing claims faster could encourage more people to come to the
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High levels of immigration are caused by “deliberate government policy”, a senior Government adviser on immigration has claimed. This comes the day before the Office for National Statistics is set
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A review has been commissioned by the BBC Board into the broadcaster’s coverage of migration, including small boats crossing the English Channel, to “consider whether due impartiality is being delivered”,
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Theresa May has warned more people will be left in slavery in the UK by Government reforms aimed at deterring migrants from crossing the English Channel. The Conservative former prime
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Government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are “unfair” to torture survivors, the Court of Appeal has been told. In December, two judges at the High Court dismissed a
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A group of children who went missing from a hotel housing asylum seekers on the south coast are in a “vacuum”, the High Court has heard. Article 39, a charity
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Asylum seekers in England are at risk of missing out on basic healthcare services because they have limited access to the internet, a report has warned. Asylum seekers interviewed by
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A barge docked off the Dorset coast will hold around 500 asylum seekers for at least 18 months, the Home Office has confirmed despite facing legal threats from local Tories.
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Ministers have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their “essential living needs and nothing more” despite legal threats from local Conservatives. Robert Jenrick, the
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