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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 “materially” and he would “like it to come down completely”, but ...

10 May 2024 at 21:19

Ant Middleton says need to strengthen British culture amid ‘civil unrest’ fear

Ant Middleton has suggested the UK is on the brink of “civil unrest” unless action is taken to put British culture at the “forefront of everything”. The former SAS: Who Dares Wins star said “we haven’t got a secure camp” as he likened his work ...

20 Sept 2024 at 14:24

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Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border

The Biden administration is making asylum restrictions at the US southern border even tougher, as it is increasingly eager to show voters uneasy over immigration that it is taking a hard stance on border security. The new rules, which toughen ...

30 Sept 2024 at 18:55

Police chief who oversaw UK policing response to Covid to lead new border agency

The police chief who oversaw the UK’s enforcement of lockdown laws during the Covid-19 pandemic has been appointed the head of the Government’s new Border Security Command. Martin Hewitt, the former chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ ...

15 Sept 2024 at 22:30

New border security chief to be appointed within weeks, No 10 says

The head of the Government’s new Border Security Command will be named within weeks, Downing Street said as the latest figures showed 257 migrants crossed the English Channel on Wednesday. Officials insisted the Government was taking ...

05 Sept 2024 at 13:48

New Border Security Bill announced in bid to tackle migrant Channel crossings

Government announces Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Laws to “modernise the asylum and immigration system” will underpin the Government’s bid to launch a security border command, paid for by money saved from the scrapped multimillion-pound stalled Rwanda plan. The Border Security, ...

17 Jul 2024 at 16:51

Home Secretary launches new Border Security Command to tackle small boats gangs

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out the first steps to establishing a new UK Border Security Command to tackle the people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in small boats. Recruitment of a border ...

07 Jul 2024 at 20:38

Channel crossings: First migrants since Labour election victory arrive in UK

Downing Street admitted the summer will be “challenging” for the new Government as the first migrants to cross the English Channel since Labour’s election victory arrived in the UK. Crossings resumed on an overcast ...

08 Jul 2024 at 14:35

Government will ‘try to make progress as rapidly as possible’ on small boats

The Home Secretary has said the government is “going to try and make progress as rapidly as possible” on small boat crossings, as the border security command is set to see its funding doubled. Yvette Cooper did ...

04 Nov 2024 at 10:43

Starmer plans to ‘treat people smugglers like terrorists’ to cut crossings

Sir Keir Starmer said the Government will “treat people smugglers like terrorists” as he announced a further £75 million for his border security command. The Prime Minister drew parallels with his earlier work ...

04 Nov 2024 at 16:37

Starmer: EU leaders have ‘appetite’ to give UK access to migration intelligence

EU leaders have shown an interest in giving the UK access to a key intelligence database used to identify asylum seekers, Sir Keir Starmer has suggested. The Prime Minister said there was an “appetite” among ...

04 Nov 2024 at 18:00

More than 3,000 migrants crossed Channel in busiest fortnight so far this year

More than 3,000 migrants arrived in the UK in the busiest fortnight of Channel crossings so far this year. A total of 3,197 people made the journey between October 24 and November 6, Home Office figures ...

07 Nov 2024 at 18:14

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