18 h. ago Brits STILL face chaos at Faro airport as huge queues form at passport control despite new post

Faro Airport in Portugal has started the rollout of e-gate access to British arrivals after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer confirmed an agreement with EU leaders last month.

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5 d. ago Brits can skip long passport queues at major European holiday destination from this week

Cabinet Office Minister Nick Thomas Symonds confirmed Keir Starmer's deal with the EU was delivering benefits already - allowing holidaymakers to zip through eGates instead of lengthy passport queues

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2 w. ago UK ‘to ask Kosovo’ to take failed asylum seekers in overseas ‘return hubs plan’

North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia said to be being considered for housing UK’s failed asylum seekers

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer surrenders the Chagos Islands: PM confirms he will hand UK territory to Mauritius 

The Prime Minister made the announcement this afternoon after an 11th hour legal bid to halt the handover failed.

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2 w. ago Shambles as High Court STOPS Keir Starmer signing Chagos deal in 2am injunction

Just hours before the crucial moment, it emerged a High Court has granted an injunction stopping the negotiations being concluded.

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3 w. ago Starmer talks to countries about return hubs for failed asylum seekers

The Prime Minister said such hubs would be ‘a very important additional tool in our armoury’ combined with other measures to tackle smuggling gangs.

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3 w. ago So who WILL take migrants, Keir? No10 refuses to say which countries it is talking to about return hubs after Albania snub

The Prime Minister is expected to use talks with leaders in the margins of the meeting in Tirana to entice them to host return hubs, after the conference host said no.

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3 w. ago Starmer reveals plans to send refused asylum seekers to overseas ‘return hubs’

PM proposes use of third countries during visit to Albania, which rules out role in any UK schemePlans to send refused asylum seekers to “return hubs” in third countries have been announced by Keir Starmer on a trip to Albania during which the Balkan country ruled out participating in the scheme.The prime minister flew to Tirana to confirm the UK was seeking to send people whose asylum claims had been turned down to foreign detention centres once they had exhausted all avenues of appeal. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Starmer’s bid to send failed asylum seekers abroad — a year after Rwanda scheme scrapped

PM’s policy to create ‘return hubs’ in foreign countries faces immediate setback as Albania — where he made the announcement — refuses to agree deal

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3 w. ago Starmer trip labelled an ‘embarrassment’ as Albania rules out asylum seeker deal

Tories question point of PM’s visit to Albania as his counterpart rejects establishment of ‘return hubs’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has been accused of overseeing a diplomatic “embarrassment” after arriving in Albania to promote a policy of establishing “return hubs” for refused asylum seekers only for his counterpart to rule it out.The prime minister confirmed that refused asylum seekers could be sent to facilities abroad, which would function as detention centres, once they had exhausted all avenues of appeal against rejection of their application to stay in the UK. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Britain says it's talking with some countries to set up migrant return hubs

Britain's prime minister says his government is talking with several countries to host rejected asylum seekers as they wait to be deported

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3 w. ago Immigration UK: Talks held over 'return hubs' for failed asylum seekers, Sir Keir Starmer says

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the plans around ‘return hubs’ on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer confirms talks to send failed asylum seekers to 'return hubs' in third countries

During trip to Albania, PM announces the Government will begin exploring the possibility of processing some migrants in third countries prior to deportation

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3 w. ago Starmer in talks to send failed asylum seekers abroad — a year after Rwanda scheme scrapped

The prime minister made the announcement as he visited Albania as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration

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3 w. ago UK asking other countries to host ‘return hubs’ for refused asylum seekers, Starmer confirms – UK politics live

PM on trip to announce increased cooperation against people smugglers alongside Albania’s prime minister, Edi RamaAll Commons Speakers, at least for the past 30 years, have complained about the government making major announcements to the media first, and not to parliament first. But rarely have any of them sounded quite as furious about this as Lindsay Hoyle, who this morning delivered an extended reprimand to the government about this at the start of an urgent question.The UQ was about plans to limit the use of prison recall – something announced by the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, at a press conference yesterday, while the Commons was still sitting. After pointing this out, and reminding MPs that details of the immigration white paper were given to the media extensively, long before the ministerial statement about it was delivered in the Commons on Monday, Hoyle went on to imply that, as well as regularly breaking the ministerial code, ministers were also guilty of hypocri...

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer in talks to send failed asylum seekers to 'return hubs' in third countries

During trip to Albania, PM announces the Government will begin exploring the possibility of processing some migrants in third countries prior to deportation

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3 w. ago UK in talks to deport failed asylum seekers to Balkans as Keir Starmer visits Albania

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed talks over plans to set up 'returns hubs' overseas to send failed asylum seekers to during a historic visit to Albania

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4 w. ago EU chief says row over fishing rights is settled ahead of Starmer's Brexit 'reset' next week but Spain bids to reopen Gibraltar spat

Kaja Kallas said 'we are over the fish' ahead of a major summit in London next week where Sir Keir Starmer hopes to confirm UK firms will join a 150 billion euro joint defence fund.

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