16 h. ago Why what's really happening at luxury hotel where Jacob Rees

The former Brexit minister went viral when he was filmed being rebuffed as he tried to investigate suggestions that secluded Winford Manor is now accommodating illegal, small boat migrants.

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22 h. ago Revealed: What's really happening at luxury hotel where Jacob Rees

The former Brexit minister went viral when he was filmed being rebuffed as he tried to investigate suggestions that secluded Winford Manor is now accommodating illegal, small boat migrants.

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57 h. ago Starmer promises action on small boat migrants as pressure mounts on Government

Former lord chancellor Lord Falconer said the Government had to convince people it had an answer to the crisis.

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62 h. 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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3 d. ago Voices: Getting rid of the ECHR won’t stop a single boat of migrants

As New Labour grandees unite with Red Wall Labour MPs to call for the European Court of Human Rights to be reformed – legislation that Nigel Farage wants to scrap – Sean O’Grady says the mainstreaming of the view that it is no longer workable or needed is deeply dishonest

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5 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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7 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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7 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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7 d. ago Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure over small boat migrants and asylum hotels amid ongoing protests

A poll has suggested that people believe Sir Keir Starmer is failing to grip the problem

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7 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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8 d. ago Pressure mounts on Starmer over small boat migrants and asylum hotels

The issue is top of voters’ concerns but there is little support for Sir Keir Starmer’s approach, a poll has suggested.

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8 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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8 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 Nigel Farage pledges £10billion 'mass deportation' plan for five migrant flights out of UK every day if Reform take power

The party leader said the five year plan, called Operation Restoring Justice, would bar small boat migrants from claiming asylum in the UK.

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1 week ago Government’s deal with Iraq to return illegal migrants will ‘deter small boat arrivals’, says Starmer – UK politics live

Prime minister says ‘strengthened partnership with Iraq will secure our borders’ as more councils in England plan to challenge asylum hotelsTrain fares in England are now expected to rise by a higher-than-expected 5.8% next year, causing concern among passenger groups.Rail ticket increases are usually calculated by adding one percentage point to July’s inflation reading on the retail prices index (RPI), which came in 0.2 points above forecasts on Wednesday at 4.8%. Continue reading...

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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 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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2 w. ago Gala parade entry in Scots town under police scrutiny after 'bad taste' claims

The Solway Border Force entry aimed to poke fun and raise awareness of issues with small boat crossings bringing migrants to the UK.

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