‘Smash the gangs’: is Labour’s migration policy just a slogan?
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France plans to begin intercepting small boats at sea, says UK Home Office
Officials have agreed to begin offshore interceptions, it is claimed, in change of policy that NGOs say will risk livesThe French government plans to begin intercepting small boats carrying asylum seekers even if they are already at sea, a Home Office …
Home Office accused of ‘racist crackdown’ on Nigerians after denial of visit visa
Officials refused entry to man who runs top security firm in Nigeria and his family to spend holiday with his sisterThe Home Office has been accused of a “racist crackdown on Nigerians” after refusing a visa to a man who runs one of the west African co…
UK ministers draw up law to fast-track removal of migrants arriving from ‘safe’ countries
Disclosure comes as calm weather and fuller boats leading to more Channel arrivals, Home Office saysA new law to fast-track the removal of asylum seekers who arrive from countries deemed to be safe is being drawn up by ministers, prompting concerns tha…
Manston staff asked to work overtime amid record number of small boat arrivals
More than 1,100 migrants arrived on Saturday, the highest number on a single day so far this yearStaff at the controversial Manston migrant processing centre in Kent have been asked to work overtime to deal with the record number of small boat arrivals…
Neurodivergent people overreported to UK anti-extremism programmes, charity says
Rights & Security International are challenging the government’s Prevent and Channel programmes in court, saying they breach equality lawsThe treatment of people with autism who are referred to the government’s Prevent scheme is to be challenged.A …
Another Windrush generation man has UK deportation order revoked
Gersham Williams, 74, was deported to Jamaica in 2016 but should have been exempt from order, Home Office decidesA Windrush generation man who was wrongly excluded from the UK by the Home Office has had his deportation order revoked in the second case …
UK Border Force is in effect under military command, report says
Institute of Race Relations says MoD’s Channel role reflects global rise of ‘hyper-militarisation’ in law enforcementThe UK Border Force is in effect under military command, reflecting a wider increase of “hyper-militarisation” in policing, according t…
Net migration to UK down by half in 2024 compared with year before
Office for National Statistics estimate shows fall from 860,000 in 2023 to 431,000 last yearUK politics live – latest updatesNet migration to the UK has nearly halved over the year to 431,000, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said, publishi…
Up to 700,000 migrants do not have UK eVisas, days before deadline
Problem-hit Home Office online system is replacing physical proof of right to work and live in BritainHundreds of thousands of people have still not registered for eVisas, leaving them without the means to prove their immigration status just days befor…