67 h. ago I want more migrants to LEAVE the UK than come here... and I'll put boat arrivals in camps, pledges Robert Jenrick

The Tory justice spokesman also argued that the points-based system created under previous governments was the 'worst policy mistake' in his lifetime.

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3 d. ago Scottish Rugby explain new deal for 'curious' Gregor Townsend as door left ajar for Franco Smith

No-one better insists Nucifora as Scottish Rugby sticks with the incumbents

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3 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer considers digital ID cards in crackdown on small boat migrants

Sir Keir Starmer chaired a cabinet meeting as he looked into plans to introduce digital ID cards to tackle illegal immigration

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3 d. ago Gregor Townsend signs new contract: length of deal, World Cup implications, Franco Smith latest

Scotland keep faith with long-serving head coach

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4 d. ago Channel migrants could be moved to WAREHOUSES as Labour scrambles to close asylum hotels with PM holding emergency talks on how to go 'further and faster' on tackling small boats

Yvette Cooper said the Government was looking at 'military and industrial sites' as 'more appropriate' places to house asylum seekers.

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4 d. ago Migrants 'murder each other as boat breaks down at sea' near Canary Islands after victims were 'accused of witchcraft and supplies ran low'

Migrants found dead near the Canary Islands are believed to have been murdered and thrown overboard after the overcrowded boat broke down at sea. 

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4 d. ago Home Secretary fails to guarantee France migrant returns will happen this month

Yvette Cooper was cautious not to guarantee returns under a deal with France will take place in September, after saying they were ‘expected’.

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4 d. 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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5 d. 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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5 d. ago Why what's really happening at luxury hotel where Jacob Rees

The former Brexit minister went viral when he was filmed being rebuffed as he tried to investigate suggestions that secluded Winford Manor is now accommodating illegal, small boat migrants.

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5 d. ago Revealed: What's really happening at luxury hotel where Jacob Rees

The former Brexit minister went viral when he was filmed being rebuffed as he tried to investigate suggestions that secluded Winford Manor is now accommodating illegal, small boat migrants.

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7 d. ago Starmer promises action on small boat migrants as pressure mounts on Government

Former lord chancellor Lord Falconer said the Government had to convince people it had an answer to the crisis.

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7 d. ago At least 70 killed after Canary Island migrant boat capsizes off West Africa

The incident is one of the deadliest in recent years

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8 d. ago Voices: Getting rid of the ECHR won’t stop a single boat of migrants

As New Labour grandees unite with Red Wall Labour MPs to call for the European Court of Human Rights to be reformed – legislation that Nigel Farage wants to scrap – Sean O’Grady says the mainstreaming of the view that it is no longer workable or needed is deeply dishonest

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9 d. ago Chelsea poised to close £36.2m Nkunku deal with Milan as Spurs step up Simons pursuit

Leipzig midfielder Simons is also a Chelsea target Nicolas Jackson could go on loan with buy obligationMilan are poised to sign the Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku for a package worth €42m (£36.2m). The deal contains a sell-on clause for the France international, who has agreed personal terms with the Serie A club.Chelsea have revamped their attack and decided Nkunku is not part of their plans. They are expected to add to Enzo Maresca’s options by signing the Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho for between £35m and £40m. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Milan close to signing Christopher Nkunku from Chelsea in £36.2m deal

Move may clear Chelsea to pursue López or SimonsNicolas Jackson could go on loan with buy obligationMilan are poised to sign the Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku for a package worth €42m (£36.2m). The deal contains a sell-on clause for the France international, who has agreed personal terms with the Serie A club.Chelsea have revamped their attack and decided Nkunku is not part of their plans. They are expected to add to Enzo Maresca’s options by signing the Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho for between £35m and £40m. Continue reading...

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1 week ago French plans to intercept migrant boats at sea are now 'in jeopardy due to political crisis in Paris'

Under current rules, French authorities are prevented from tackling a migrant boat once it has entered the water, unless a vessel is in distress.

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1 week ago Humanitarian group says Libya's coast guard fired on its vessel in the Mediterranean

A humanitarian group says Libya’s coast guard fired upon its vessel as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea

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1 week ago Voices: I visited Hong Kong’s migrant camps in the Eighties – here’s why they should be adopted in the UK

After the Vietnam war, hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived on the shores of Hong Kong – but what initially seemed like an existential crisis for the then British territory ended up being resolved rather swiftly, writes Mary Dejevsky

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1 week ago Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure over small boat migrants and asylum hotels amid ongoing protests

A poll has suggested that people believe Sir Keir Starmer is failing to grip the problem

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