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Crime
Channel migrants: Pilot of ‘overcrowded’ boat jailed
(BBC) An Iranian man who steered a group of migrants across the English Channel in a “dangerously overcrowded” small boat has been jailed for two years. Sadrallah Bahador, 35, was picked up by a Border Force vessel from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat […]
Immigration
Record migrant numbers cross English Channel in small boats
(BBC) More than 200 migrants have crossed the English Channel in 20 boats according to the Home Office — a record number for a single day. There were also reports that about 30 people made the crossing on small boats, landing on […]
Legal
Just one in ten returning foreign fighters face prosecution in UK About 40 fighters who have returned from Syria have been prosecuted, report reveals
(National-UAE) Britain has prosecuted just ten per cent of foreign terrorist fighters who have returned from Iraq and Syria, highlighting the difficulty of securing battlefield evidence of crimes, a UK terrorism watchdog said. The UK government estimates that a fifth of the […]