Record high migrant Channel crossings for first half of the calendar year
The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel has hit a new record for the first six months of a calendar year. Home Office figures show
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Councils drop proposed legal action over asylum seeker plans for RAF bases
Two councils have withdrawn separate proposed legal challenges over Home Office plans to house asylum seekers at former RAF bases. West Lindsey District Council (WLDC) and Braintree District Council (BDC)
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Labour has ‘no plans’ to reverse ban on foreign health workers’ dependants, says Streeting
Labour has “no plans” to change rules stopping foreign healthcare workers bringing their dependants with them to the UK, Wes Streeting has said. Speaking to reporters at a campaign stop
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Number of migrants crossing Channel believed to have hit 10,000 for year so far
More than 10,000 migrants are thought to have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel. Pictures showed groups of migrants, including several children, being brought
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Rwanda plan will go down in history as ‘absurd and inhumane’, says charity boss
Campaigners have called for asylum seekers due to be sent to Rwanda to be freed immediately from detention after the Prime Minister admitted flights would not take off before the
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Dorset resident loses legal challenge over Bibby Stockholm barge
A Dorset resident has lost a legal challenge over a council’s decision not to consider using its powers over the mooring of the Bibby Stockholm in waters off its coastline,
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Charity files legal action against Home Office over Rwanda policy
Charity Asylum Aid has filed legal action against the Home Office over its Rwanda policy. The charity previously sent a pre-action letter to the department over the Safety of Rwanda
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Tory MPs press for emergency immigration legislation after NI court ruling
Emergency legislation is needed to assert “beyond doubt” the UK “controls our own borders”, Tory MPs have said, amid claims over EU influence in Northern Ireland. The UK Government has
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Government denies moving asylum seekers from Scotland to block legal aid access
Asylum seekers at risk of being deported are not being removed from Scotland to England to deny them legal aid, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has said. During justice questions in
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Starmer will not set small boats target but pledges hostile territory for gangs
Sir Keir Starmer declined to commit to “stopping the boats” as he set out his party’s plans to tackle cross-Channel migration. The Labour leader said crossings needed to be reduced
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