57 h. ago Israel tells Gaza aid flotilla to change course as activists say navy is intercepting boats – Middle East crisis live

Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying about 500 activists including Greta Thunberg, says Israeli navy boats approaching; foreign ministry says it asked flotilla to change course Activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla said Israeli warships surrounded several of its boats on Wednesday and that the interception of the main vessels was under way, according to AFP.“The warships are moving in to intercept the flotilla – only 81 nautical miles remain to Gaza,” said the Maghreb contingent of the Global Sumud Flotilla in a statement. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer blames Brexit for migrant crisis and rebrands crossings 'Farage boats'

Sir Keir Starmer said that before Britain left Brussels, returns agreements with the EU would enable illegal migrants to be sent packing as he lays blame for migrant crossings

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65 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Starmer blames Brexit for 'Farage boats' crossing the Channel. Is he right?

Sir Keir Starmer stepped up his war on Reform UK today by blaming Brexit for the English Channel migrant crisis and dubbing the small boats 'Farage boats'.

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68 h. ago Now Keir Starmer blames BREXIT for Channel crisis and calls dinghies carrying migrants the 'Farage boats' but is forced to clarify that the Reform leader isn't 'personally racist'

Keir Starmer described Nigel Farage as 'formidable' amid a backlash at the aggressive stance in his address to the party faithful.

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1 week ago Starmer's own MPs blast digital ID plan as 'dystopian disaster' as PM 'thrashing around' for solution to small boats crisis

Sir Keir's political opponents have been lining up to lambast him for effectively making law-abiding citizens pay the price for his Government's failure to tackle the migration crisis.

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1 week ago Rejoin the EU to solve UK’s economic woes and tackle small boats crisis, Kinnock tells Starmer

Lord Kinnock says he understand it would not be easy but ‘if we really want sustained economic growth, we have to be part of a body of the single market with our nearest neighbours’

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2 w. ago Navy could be used to tackle small boats crisis, minister admits after Trump calls for action

Donald Trump said Keir Starmer should bring in the military to tackle small boat crossings

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2 w. ago Trump suggests military intervention to tackle small boats crisis

The US president said he had discussed the situation with Sir Keir at the Prime Minister's country residence Chequers.

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2 w. ago Navy could be used to tackle small boats crisis ‘if needed’, minister admits after Trump’s suggestion

Donald Trump said Keir Starmer should bring in the military to tackle small boat crossings

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2 w. ago Donald Trump tells Keir Starmer to send in the military to stop the small boats crisis as state visit ends

The US president says Putin ‘let me down’ and admits disagreement over Gaza at joint press conference with Prime Minister as historic second state visit comes to an end

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2 w. ago Trump suggests Starmer takes military action to tackle small boats crisis

US President Donald Trump said illegal immigration ‘destroys countries from within’.

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2 w. ago The forgotten town on the frontline of Britain's migrant crisis: How locals in Dover have been left behind by the small boats war

The Dover coastline is a key arrival point for Channel crossings and with more than 182,000 people reaching England since the migrant crisis began.

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3 w. ago UK politics live: Starmer completes reshuffle as new home secretary faces small boat Channel crossings crisis

A government source said ‘nothing is off the table’ for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood

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3 w. ago New home secretary hit with immediate crisis as small boat Channel crossings top 30,000

Shabana Mahmood will host representatives from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to discuss ways to ‘smash the gangs’ as new figures reveal the scale of the migrant crisis she has inherited as the new home secretary

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3 w. ago Ministers considering human rights reform in bid to head off Reform as defence secretary say Starmer going ‘up a gear’ – UK politics live

New home secretary Shabana Mahmood expected to to say asylum seekers will be moved from hotels to barracksJohn Healey also said Shabana Mahmood will be “just as tough as Cooper” on Palestine Action, the campaign group opposing Israel’s assault on Gaza that the government controversially proscribed under the Terrorism Act in July, making membership of or support of the group a criminal offence.More than 425 people were arrested in London yesterday at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action.I think you’ll start to see Keir Starmer insist that dealing with the small boats, solving the immigration illegal immigration crisis, is part of the jobs the whole of government, not just the Home Office.So with the Home Office, I have been putting military planners into their Border Command and into their planning for the future, and we are looking at the potential use of military and non military use sites for temporary accommodation for the people who come ac...

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3 w. ago Labour set to close all asylum seeker hotels in bid to appear tougher on immigration with migrants to be moved to military barracks

The Labour Government is set to close down migrant hotels and house residents in former military barracks in a fresh bid to take control of the small boats crisis. 

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3 w. 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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