51 h. ago JB Pritzker calls for ‘all to stand up’ to Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago

President is preparing for controversial federal takeover of US city in crusade against immigration ‘sanctuary cities’Illinois’s governor JB Pritzker has called on “all to stand up” to Donald Trump as the US president prepares to launch a federally led immigration crackdown across Chicago, a plan which has been met with widespread backlash from local leaders and the public.Pritzker’s comments come as White House officials vow to target Chicago next in its sweeping immigration crackdowns across the country. Recently, the White House requested that a US military base on the outskirts of Chicago assist with immigration operations as the Trump administration plans a broader takeover of Democratic-run “sanctuary cities”. Continue reading...

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3 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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6 d. ago Farage rows back on plan to deport women and children as part of migration crackdown

On Tuesday, Nigel Farage indicated the party would detain and deport women and children as part of their plans - but the following day insisted media reports which said he would do so were ‘wrong, wrong, wrong’

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6 d. ago Farage rows back on plan to deport children as part of migration crackdown

On Tuesday, Nigel Farage indicated the party would detain and deport women and children as part of their plans - but the following day insisted media reports which said he would do so were ‘wrong, wrong, wrong’

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6 d. ago Farage rows back on plan to deport children in Reform asylum crackdown

Nigel Farage said Reform would detain and deport women and children to tackle the small boats crisis – but a day later insisted media reports were ‘wrong, wrong, wrong’

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6 d. 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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8 d. 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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8 d. 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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8 d. ago Voices: I visited Hong Kong’s migrant camps in the 80s – 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 what was then a British territory ended up being resolved rather swiftly, writes Mary Dejevsky

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9 d. ago Three young sisters 'are found dead on overcrowded migrant boat' on crossing that has killed more than 30,000

Three young sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, a German non-profit organisation has reported.

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9 d. ago Mediterranean rescues find 3 Sudanese sisters dead on an overcrowded migrant boat

A German nonprofit organization says three young Sudanese sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea

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1 week ago Migrant returns deal struck with Iraq in latest bid to deter small boat Channel crossings

The agreement signed during a visit to the UK by Iraq’s deputy prime minister will allow for the ‘swift’ return of failed asylum seekers.

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2 w. ago The Albanian small boat migrant who flooded the streets with crack cocaine after boasting about how easy it was to sneak into Britain

EXCLUSIVE: Elvis Zoto, 22, gloated on social media about entering the UK illegally and even posted a photo of his Home Office registration form showing his arrival in Dover in 2022.

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2 w. ago Libyan migrant, 24, who arrived in Britain by small boat is arrested after three people injured in knife attack

Khalifa Eissa Benyzeed, 24, originally from Libya, is being held by police on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after one man suffered a 'potentially life-threatening' stab wound to his chest.

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2 w. ago Newborn baby is among 27 dead after migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Italy

The tragedy occurred 14 miles south of the island of Lampedusa on Wednesday - with a search continuing into the night for people still missing.

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3 w. ago If stopping the boats were simple, it would have happened by now

Editorial: With the number of people who have crossed the Channel on small boats since Keir Starmer came to power passing 50,000, it is a reminder that, during the election, Labour gave the impression it had a plan to fix the problem of irregular migration. But that is not to decry their efforts so far

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3 w. ago Minister admits government hasn’t tackled small boats crisis as crossings set to hit 50,000

Baroness Jacqui Smith insisted the number of people crossing the Channel was not the current government’s fault

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4 w. ago Labour's 'one in one out' small boat migrant deal with France will expire in just 11 MONTHS after launch this week

The much-trumpeted deal with Emmanuel Macron 's government will lapse at the end of June next year - just 47 weeks away - unless it is renewed.

Economics

4 w. ago Labour's small boat migrant deal with France will expire in just 11 MONTHS, Home Office reveals, as scheme prepares for launch this week

The much-trumpeted deal with Emmanuel Macron 's government will lapse at the end of June next year - just 47 weeks away - unless it is renewed.

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4 w. ago Labour is 'tinkering around the edges' with its £100m plans to crackdown on small boat migrant crossings, Tories warn

The Home Office has announced measures to get tough on smuggling gangs, despite more than 25,000 illegal arrivals so far this year - but the Tories branded them 'a series of gimmicks'.

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