The UK on Monday agreed on a new deal with France to stop illegal immigrants from crossing into the UK on small boats. It comes after 40,000 people so far have successfully made the journey across the English Channel this year. British Home Secretary Suella Braverman signed the deal with her French counterpart, interior minister Gerald…
‘Hotel Britain’ Must End to Deter ‘Asylum Shopping,’ UK Immigration Minister Says
The UK should house illegal immigrants in “simple, functional” spaces as opposed to luxury hotels in a bid to disincentivise “asylum shopping,” Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has said. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Jenrick said the UK “has an obligation to provide sanctuary to some of the many who flee war and persecution,” but the…
Sunak and Macron Discuss Illegal Migration as UK PM Promises to ‘Grip Challenge’
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and France’s President Emmanuel Macron have met at the COP27 summit in Egypt and discussed a new deal to reduce the armada of small boats bringing illegal immigrants across the English Channel. Afterwards Sunak said, “By working together with our European partners, we can make a difference, grip this challenge…
9 out of 10 Albanians Allowed to Stay in UK While Their Modern Slavery Claims Are Checked
Ninety-one percent of Albanians who claimed to be the victims of modern slavery when they arrived in Britain after crossing the English Channel have been allowed to stay in the country pending a full investigation of their claims by the Home Office, according to the latest figures. On Oct. 26, Dan O’Mahoney, the Home Office’s Clandestine…
UK Scapegoating Albanians for Its Failure to Curb Illegal Immigration, Nation’s PM Says
Albania’s prime minister has accused the UK government of looking for “scapegoats” to blame for its “failed policies” on curbing illegal immigration. Edi Rama commented on UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s choice of language in a debate in the House of Commons this week, in which she said there is an “invasion” of England by…
Sunak Says UK’s Illegal Immigrant Crisis Is ‘Serious and Escalating Problem’
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the wave of illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel is a “serious and escalating problem,” and admitted the Home Office has been too slow to process asylum claims. Almost 40,000 people have crossed the Channel this year in small boats, including 12,000 people from Albania, a peaceful country with…
Dover MP Calls for ‘Fresh Approach’ to Illegal Immigrant Crisis After Firebomb Attack
The MP for the port of Dover has called for an “entirely fresh approach” to the illegal immigrant crisis in the English Channel after a man firebombed an immigrant processing centre in the town on Sunday and then killed himself. Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke told TalkTV on Monday the small boat crossings were “out of…
UK Illegal Immigrants Processing Centre Attacked With Incendiary Devices
A UK Home Office facility housing illegal immigrants has been attacked with incendiary devices, police reported. According to Kent Police, officers were called to The Viaduct, Dover, at 11.22 a.m. on Oct. 30, where two to three incendiary devices had caused a fire. One minor injury was reported and the suspect has been identified and…
Home Office Official Tells MPs Numbers Crossing Channel in Boats Is ‘Unacceptable’
A senior Home Office official has praised the French for intercepting 28,000 illegal immigrants and destroying more than 1,000 boats but has admitted the number of people crossing the English Channel was still “unacceptable.” Dan O’Mahoney, the Home Office’s Clandestine Channel Threat Commander, told the Home Affairs Committee on Wednesday 38,000 people had crossed the…
Albanian Suspected of English Channel People Smuggling Arrested in London Dawn Raid
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested a 30-year-old Albanian in London who is suspected of trafficking people across the English Channel from France in small, inflatable boats. The man, who has not been identified, was arrested in the suburb of Surbiton in southwest London during a dawn raid on Friday morning. It comes days…
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