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Growing number of Afghans risking lives on small boats to reach UK

A growing number of people fleeing Afghanistan are risking their lives to reach the UK on small boats – and are at risk of being sent to Rwanda after arriving. The number of Afghans crossing the English Channel on small boats has increased since the ...

25 Aug 2022 at 17:19

More than 1,000 people cross the Channel in small boats

More than 1,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats the day after the total for the year exceeded 30,000, according to Government figures. The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that 21 boats were intercepted on Thursday carrying 1,150 ...

23 Sept 2022 at 10:43

More migrants cross Channel as annual total nears 25,000

Women and children are among a group of people brought ashore by an RNLI lifeboat as the number of people crossing the English Channel this year by small boats nears 25,000. About 40 people were brought to Dungeness in Kent before they were taken ...

27 Aug 2022 at 11:36

Migration Bill a ‘traffickers’ charter’ that ‘will lock up children’ – Cooper

The Illegal Migration Bill is effectively a “traffickers’ charter” that will “lock up children” and remove support from women who have been trafficked, Yvette Cooper has said. The shadow home secretary asked “how low have the Tory party fallen” ...

13 Mar 2023 at 22:22

19-year-old charged in connection with migrant boat deaths in the Channel

A teenager has been charged with facilitating attempted illegal entry to the UK after four people died when a migrant boat capsized in the Channel on Wednesday. Ibrahima Bah, 19, of no fixed address, has been remanded in custody and will ...

18 Dec 2022 at 16:55

Braverman dodges question on timescale for stopping Channel crossings

The Home Secretary has refused to put a timescale on when the Government’s plans to stop small boats crossing the Channel will succeed. The Government is set to publish legislation designed to stop migrants crossing the English Channel ...

09 Feb 2023 at 20:04

Suella Braverman vows to stop migrant Channel crossings with new laws

Suella Braverman said it would “betray” British voters not to tackle the “waves of illegal migrants breaching our border” as she unveiled plans for new laws to curb Channel crossings. The Home Secretary said legislation would be ...

07 Mar 2023 at 15:54

No-one with concern for fellow humans should back migration Bill – Sturgeon

No-one who has concern for their fellow human beings should back the UK Government’s Illegal Migration Bill, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Home Secretary Suella Braverman this week outlined plans to prevent anyone who comes to the ...

09 Mar 2023 at 16:48

Illegal Migration Bill breaches UK human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn

The Illegal Migration Bill breaches a “number of the UK’s human rights obligations”, MPs and peers have warned ministers. Most asylum seekers arriving in the UK after the flagship legislation has been passed would have their ...

11 Jun 2023 at 00:01

More than 10,000 arrivals on small boats so far in 2023

More than 10,000 people have been detected crossing the English Channel in small boats so far this year, after a jump in arrivals in recent days, figures show. Some 486 people made the crossing on Friday, with a further 374 ...

18 Jun 2023 at 17:12

Watchdog ‘seriously concerned’ about Migration Bill’s impact on human rights

The human rights watchdog said it remains seriously concerned about the impact of the Government’s controversial migration laws on vulnerable groups such as children, pregnant women and trafficking victims. The Equality ...

28 Jun 2023 at 13:13

Government lodges bid to take Rwanda legal battle to Supreme Court

The Government has lodged a bid to take a legal battle over its Rwanda deportation policy to the UK’s highest court. Ministers are seeking permission to bring a Supreme Court challenge over a ruling that plans to send ...

06 Jul 2023 at 13:23

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