13 h. ago Nigel Farage says Reform WILL deport Afghan women back to the Taliban if they arrive in Britain via small boats

The Reform UK leader has promised to deport 600,000 migrants over five years if his party wins power at the next general election.

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50 h. ago People smugglers are drugging children before they are put on small boats to cross Channel, Solicitor General reveals

Lucy Rigby said she had been warned by the Crown Prosecution Service that the gangs were attempting to make the children more co-operative as they undertake the dangerous journey from France.

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60 h. ago Sedated children put onto small boats before Channel crossings by sick smugglers

Solicitor General Lucy Rigby told MPs that prosecutors have found children are being sedated before small boat Channel crossings to make them more 'compliant'

Politics

63 h. ago Small boat smugglers sedating children for crossings, says solicitor general

Lucy Rigby said she has been told by the Crown Prosecution Service that gangs were dosing children to make them more cooperative.

Politics

65 h. ago Voices: Should Britain introduce digital ID cards to tackle illegal migration? Join The Independent Debate

The government is weighing up digital ID cards to curb illegal migration and fraud – but critics warn they could create a surveillance state

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3 d. ago Iraqi asylum seeker 'raped and sexually assaulted woman' in London hostel after illegally crossing Channel on boat

Iraqi national Yousif Al-Maliki, 30, who is currently living at the Peckham Lodge Hotel has been accused of attacking a woman at the Astor Hostel in South Kensington.

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4 d. ago Yvette Cooper fails to guarantee that boat crossings will fall by next year

The home secretary also failed to confirm that migrants will be sent back to France this month as part of the returns agreement, saying she refused to make ‘grand promises’

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8 d. ago Trial date set for man, 76, accused of giving children sweets laced with sedatives at summer camp

Jon Ruben, 76, is accused of giving children with sweets laced with sedatives

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1 week ago ‘People sleeping while walking’: inside Manston asylum centre in Kent

Six staff members speak of new arrivals’ exhaustion and ill-health and colleagues’ indifference to their plightWhen asylum seekers first arrive at Manston, a former military base outside Ramsgate in Kent, they are ushered from one enormous, grubby marquee to the next for a series of interviews and checks.As many as 1,000 people a day are processed at the site after crossing the Channel in small boats, and interviews continue through the night. Upon arrival in the UK, exhausted and disorientated, their phones and other belongings are taken from them and placed in distinctive blue plastic bags. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Labour's Starmer faces growing pressure over small boats crisis

This year has witnessed a record 28,288 individuals making the crossing of the English Channel in small boats

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1 week ago Desperate 'end this tide of misery' plea as child held afloat in English Channel

Chilling photos show children being carried onto small boats ready to cross the Channel as campaigners say the images must shame politicians to act as pressure mounts over the asylum system

Politics

1 week ago Albanian gang member 'who smuggled people into Britain' says the Government could stop crossings tomorrow... but claims 'it doesn't want to'

The people smuggler said he thought Labour is not stopping small boats (pictured, file photo) from crossing the Channel because it bolsters the country's workforce.

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2 w. 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.

Economics

2 w. ago UK secures deal with Iraq to tackle Channel small boat crossings

Iraqi’s Deputy Foreign Minister and Head of the Higher Returns Committee signed an agreement to ensure quick returns for those with no legal right to be in the UK

Economics

3 w. ago More than 100 migrants in one vessel thought to have bumped crossings to 27,799

Home Office figures show 325 migrants crossed the English Channel by small boat on Wednesday.

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3 w. ago Illegal migrants hiding in lorries could be behind surge in food poisoning outbreaks that has seen up to 3,000 trucks contaminated, claims report

Lorries were the most common route used by people smugglers to hide migrants before tighter security around ports and the Channel Tunnel led to rise in small boat crossings.

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3 w. ago Outrage as transport regulator finds illegal migrants hiding in lorries could be behind explosion in food poisoning outbreaks: '3,000 trucks contaminated'

Lorries were the most common route used by people smugglers to hide migrants before tighter security around ports and the Channel Tunnel led to rise in small boat crossings.

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3 w. ago The migrant 'mega dinghy': Huge inflatable brings record 107 across Channel to Britain, as Labour's pledge to 'smash the gangs' lies in tatters

Images from the port of Dover this morning showed human traffickers have begun to deploy a new, longer type of inflatable.

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3 w. ago The migrant 'mega dinghy': Huge inflatable dinghy brings record 107 across Channel to Britain, as Labour's pledge to 'smash the gangs' lies in tatters

Images from the port of Dover this morning showed human traffickers have begun to deploy a new, longer type of inflatable.

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3 w. ago The migrant 'mega dinghy': Labour's pledge to 'smash the gangs' in tatters after huge inflatable brings record 107 small boat migrants across Channel to Britain

Images from the port of Dover this morning showed human traffickers have begun to deploy a new, longer type of inflatable.

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