50 m. ago Epping migrant hotel protest descends into violence as fight breaks out

Scores protest after asylum seeker charged with committing three sexual assaults — just eight days after arriving in UK on small boat

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13 h. ago UK to strike migrant return deal with Iraq in latest bid to stop small boats and send more asylum seekers back

The Home Secretary is said to be in the 'final stages' of agreeing the pact to speed up cooperation between London and Baghdad.

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39 h. ago Crazy golf trips, circus tickets and countless Amazon parcels: How cash

The lavish spending, unearthed by Nigel Farage's new 'efficiency' audit, also included thousands of pounds spent on gift cards, Currys and Argos purchases, and takeaways.

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44 h. ago Starmer’s migrants return deal a ‘publicity stunt’ that won’t win back voters, top pollsters warn

Exclusive: The warnings from leading pollsters come as new polling of Labour members seen by The Independent reveals concerns about Starmer’s wider migration policy

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54 h. ago Welcome to the Little Chagos Islands! Single London council faces £18m bill as it is forced to house hundreds from the Indian isles on top of its asylum seekers quota

Hillingdon, which is close to Heathrow, has at any time an average of 2,700 asylum seekers housed in hotels surrounding the airport, one of the highest rates in the country.

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55 h. ago Welcome to the Little Chagos Islands! Single London council forced to spend £18million to house hundreds people from the Indian isles on top of their asylum seekers quota

Hillingdon, which is close to Heathrow, has at any time an average of 2,700 asylum seekers housed in hotels surrounding the airport, one of the highest rates in the country.

Economics

64 h. ago Starmer's migrant plan set to be sunk before it's launched: Campaigners threaten to scupper return deal with France

Only a day after unveiling the scheme alongside Emmanuel Macron, the PM was facing objections from Europe and charities that helped ground the Tories' Rwanda plan.

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66 h. ago DAME ANGELA EAGLE: Historic migrant return deal shows we're replacing chaos with control

Writing for The Mirror, Border Security and Asylum Minister Dame Angela Eagle says Labour is finally replacing chaos with control, after a groundbreaking returns deal was agreed with France

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66 h. ago Keir Starmer deal to return small boats migrants 'is historic breakthrough'

Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said the new migrant returns deal with France will help 'replace chaos with control' and she branded the agreement 'historic'

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68 h. ago Mixed reaction to Starmer’s migrant deal as charities add to calls for clarity

Some welcome a plan for a legal route to the UK but others worry about how people will be selected for deportationUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s migrant return deal is under scrutiny after charities called for more clarity on how people will be chosen for deportation and the EU said it was still assessing the agreement.No 10 said on Friday it was confident in the legality of the deal to return about 50 people a week to France in return for accepting the same number through a safe and legal route. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Do you support the new migrant system? Take our poll and have your say

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have unveiled a bold new plan to send small boat migrants back to France in exchange for asylum seekers. The move is already dividing opinion — is this the kind of tough action you support or a step too far?

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3 d. ago Rightwing campaigners claim there is covert deal to return Parthenon marbles

Liz Truss reportedly among those who signed letter organised by hard-right group calling for end to talksThe former prime minister Liz Truss, the historian David Starkey and the former Wales secretary John Redwood are reportedly among 34 signatories to a letter alleging the British Museum is part of a “covert” campaign to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece.The letter, seen by Sky News, has been reportedly sent to Keir Starmer, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, and trustees of British Museum. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Small boat migrants will be detained as part of France return deal, Yvette Cooper confirms

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said people who arrive on small boats will be detained as part of a 'groundbreaking' one-in-one-out returns deal with France - but refused to say how many would be affected

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3 d. ago Crackdown on illegal working promised alongside migrant return deal with France

The UK has promised extra action to tackle the ‘pull factors’ luring migrants across the English Channel.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer aims brutal swipe at Nigel Farage as 'groundbreaking' migrant return deal reached

Keir Starmer lashed out at the 'performative politics of the easy hour' as he unveiled the first migrant returns deal with Europe since Brexit - as Emmanuel Macron said Brits had been lied to

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3 d. ago Press conference in full: Starmer and Macron unveil migrant return deal after crunch talks

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron announce a migrant return deal with France intended to tackle illegal crossings over the Channel.

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3 d. ago Starmer says ‘one in, one out’ deal will allow UK to return small

PM also announces first safe and legal route for ‘genuine asylum seekers’ who have not tried to cross ChannelPeople arriving via small boats will be detained and returned to France “in short order” with a new safe and legal route established for refugees for the first time, Keir Starmer has announced.The “one in, one out” deal, a pilot agreed with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, will for the first time give the UK the ability to return cross-Channel asylum seekers to France, and those people would not then be allowed to apply via the legal route. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Watch live: Starmer and Macron unveil migrant return deal after crunch talks

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron announce a migrant return deal with France intended to tackle illegal crossings over the Channel.

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3 d. ago Watch live: Starmer and Macron to unveil migrant return deal after crunch talks

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce a migrant return deal with France intended to tackle illegal crossings over the Channel.

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4 d. ago Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who went on the run after being caught with drugs is spared prison

Kenson Noel, 30, was sent to live on the migrant barge in Portland, Dorset, in May last year but when he arrived he was found to have 6.5g of cannabis on him.

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