2 h. ago Labour's migrant deal fiasco: Now Yvette Cooper FAILS to guarantee asylum seekers will start being returned to France this month under 'one in, one out' agreement

Ministers claimed when the agreement was announced in July that it would take effect within weeks, but the Home Secretary now says she expects the deportations to begin 'later this month'.

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16 h. ago Labour's 'one in, one out' migrant deal fiasco: As Cooper attempts asylum 'crackdown', it emerges 3,567 people have landed in dinghies since deal with France was struck

Ministers claimed when the agreement was announced in July that it would take effect within weeks, but the Home Secretary now says she expects the deportations to begin 'later this month'.

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19 h. ago Cooper accused by Labour MP of ‘scapegoating’ migrants over asylum plans

Kim Johnson called for ‘more humane policies’, such as safe routes for migrants, as she criticised the Government’s plans.

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20 h. ago ‘Radical’ reforms on asylum laws announced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Labour has vowed to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by the next election but the Prime Minister said he has set the ‘challenge’ of emptying them sooner

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21 h. ago Yvette Cooper to suspend new refugee family reunion applications as she unveils asylum crackdown

Home secretary Yvette Cooper says the first asylum seekers to be returned to France under a new deal will begin later this month

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21 h. ago Keir Starmer: I want to speed up closing down migrant hotels

Labour has vowed to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by the next election but the Prime Minister said he has set the ‘challenge’ of emptying them sooner

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22 h. ago Starmer slams Reform’s ‘politics of grievance’ ahead of Cooper unveiling asylum crackdown to MPs

Home secretary Yvette Cooper will address Parliament later this afternoon with her plans for reforming the asylum system

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23 h. ago Yvette Cooper to give major asylum update as PM lashes out at Farage's fantasy plans

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will address MPs returning from the summer break after a difficult summer for Labour with tensions rising over asylum hotels

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26 h. ago Labour in ‘complete denial’ over asylum crisis as Cooper unveils crackdown on refugee reunions

Another round of protests took place over the weekend against the housing of asylum seekers in The Bell Hotel in Epping

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28 h. ago Yvette Cooper faces MPs over asylum hotel chaos: Home Secretary will claim Labour's borders plan is working in statement TODAY despite mounting fury

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is set to make a statement as the Commons returns from a torrid summer dominated by questions over immigration.

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46 h. ago Labour minister insists the rights of Bell hotel asylum seekers trump those of families in Epping

Sir Keir Starmer could soon bleed voters after the Government won a controversial court victory allowing asylum seekers to stay at The Bell Hotel in Epping.

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50 h. ago Labour minister insists the rights of Bell hotel asylum seekers are more important than families in Epping

Sir Keir Starmer could soon bleed voters after the Government won a controversial court victory allowing asylum seekers to stay at The Bell Hotel in Epping.

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3 d. ago Labour must act to close asylum hotels or face Reform poll gains, ex

Charlie Falconer says government was right to challenge Epping hotel ruling but now has to ‘move forward’A former Labour justice secretary has warned that Reform UK will continue to rise in opinion polls unless the government moves faster to close hotels housing people seeking asylum.On Friday, the government won a court of appeal challenge against an injunction by Epping Forest district council that would have resulted in 130 asylum seekers being moved out of the Bell hotel. In recent weeks the hotel has become the focus of repeated protests, some of which have been orchestrated by far-right extremists and have turned violent. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Being told the human rights of asylum seekers trump those of residents will haunt Labour: SIR MICHAEL ELLIS

The Home Secretary may today be celebrating after the Court of Appeal ruling 140 male asylum seekers can remain at the Epping hotel at the centre of anti-immigrant protests (pictured).

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3 d. ago What next for Labour's asylum hotel plans after bombshell Epping court ruling

The Court of Appeal overturned an interim injunction that would have forced migrants living at the Bell Hotel in Epping to leave by September 12 in a victory for the Home Office

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5 d. ago Thousands of refugees facing homelessness after Home Office U

Refugees will have less time to try and find new accommodation when evicted from Home Office hotels

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6 d. ago Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ asylum plans are a golden opportunity for Labour

Editorial: Reform UK’s plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission will be popular, but it is unworkable. It will also give the prime minister a winning idea – about how he should now assume a pivotal role in updating international agreements such as the Geneva Conventions for the modern age

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6 d. ago Nigel Farage's plans to deport 600k asylum seekers a 'fantasy', says Scots Labour MP

Reform UK announced on Tuesday that it would seek to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers in its first parliament if elected to government.

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6 d. ago 4 main things we've learnt from Nigel Farage's speech on deportation

The party believes it can realistically deport 600,000 asylum seekers in its first five years, but Labour has said the idea of being able to secure necessary returns agreements with certain countries was 'for the birds'

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7 d. ago Public losing confidence in Starmer over migration, new poll reveals

Yvette Cooper promised to take measures to slash the backlog and move migrants out of hotels but seven out of 10 voters think issue is being handled ‘badly’ by Labour

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