4 d. ago Proof Rwanda scheme DID deter small boats! Labour tries to blame the weather for surge in crossings

Official figures show migrant arrivals were far lower when Conservative ministers were poised to finally launch Rwanda removals flights last year.

Politics

4 d. ago Labour ridiculed for blaming surge in Channel migrants on weather as data shows Rwanda deportation plan WAS a deterrent

Official figures show migrant arrivals were far lower when Conservative ministers were poised to finally launch Rwanda removals flights last year.

Society

5 d. ago Public has ‘every right to be angry’ about small boats crossings, PM says

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested he was ‘angry too’, after Home Office data showed 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday.

Politics

5 d. ago Starmer signals he has duty to stop channel crossings following record weekend

Some 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday, according to Home Office data, the first time daily crossings passed a thousand this year.

Politics

7 d. ago Illegal migrant who arrived in the UK in 2000 before being convicted of fraud and imprisoned cannot be deported as she has lived here too long, immigration court rules

Joyce Baidoo, 57, has been in the UK without permission since 2000 and was ordered to leave by the Home Office in 2007 after being jailed for 10 months for using false identify documents.

Events

7 d. ago Small boats leave France after week of no migrant crossing arrivals

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to crack down on small boat crossings including with measures targeting smuggling gangs.

Events

1 week ago A migrant boat capsizes upon arrival at Spain's Canary Islands and 7 people die

Spanish emergency services say four women and three girls have died when a small boat carrying migrants capsized while arriving at Spain’s Canary Islands

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1 week ago Wales, a Home from Home: untold stories of Welsh global culture – in pictures

An exhibition at the Welsh parliament from 24 May to 12 July will go on to tour Wales throughout 2025.The project, by Vision Fountain, seeks to highlight the contributions migrants have made to Welsh society – particularly at a time when migration, and migrants themselves, are it seems increasingly demonised in politics and the media.Wales was officially designated a ‘Nation of Sanctuary’ in 2019, but its tradition of offering refuge reaches back centuries. Italians settled in Wales in the 19th century, drawn not only by the familiar hills and castles but also the certainty of work and friendship.Wales: A Home From Home brings together stories from Wales’s diverse global communities, from ‘heritage’ migrants, such as the Italians, to recent arrivals escaping trauma, such as Ukrainians, Syrians and Hongkongers.While the project celebrates moments of joy and connection, it also gives voice to difficult memories: experiences of trauma, displacement and the challenges of starting anew i...

Politics

2 w. ago California utility to pay $82 million settlement in lawsuit stemming from huge 2020 wildfire

A California utility has agreed to pay the federal government $82.5 million stemming from an enormous 2020 wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert

Economics

2 w. ago Two people die attempting to cross English Channel as hundreds more migrants arrive in small boats

The pair reportedly lost consciousness on a boat carrying nearly 80 people

Events

3 w. ago Migrants who arrived in UK after 2020 face five more years on settlement path

Government’s migration crackdown set to double default period for those pursuing potential pathway to citizenship

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3 w. ago Migrants arrive in UK as 12,000 cross Channel so far this year

Pictures show a woman smiling on board a bus leaving from Dover, Kent after Channel crossings on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Coachload of newly arrived Channel migrants mock Starmer's immigration crackdown: On the same day he vowed to 'take back control' and stop UK becoming 'island of strangers'

The latest incomers are on the same day the Prime Minister admitted mass immigration risks making Britain an 'island of strangers' as he vowed action.

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3 w. ago Coachload of newly arrived migrants humiliate Starmer on day he vowed to stop them

The latest incomers are on the same day the Prime Minister admitted mass immigration risks making Britain an 'island of strangers' as he vowed action.

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4 w. ago Family of a helicopter pilot killed in a California wildfire reaches a $15 million settlement

The family of a pilot who died when his helicopter crashed while fighting a Southern California wildfire in 2020 has reached a $15 million settlement with the company that maintained the aircraft

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