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Immigration
Channel migrants: More than 8,000 people make crossing in 2020
(BBC) The number of migrants reaching the UK by boat was four times greater in 2020 than 2019, official figures show. At least 8,400 people made the crossing in 2020 while last year 1,844 did. Despite freezing temperatures, 33 migrants reached the […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: IS bride set to be granted legal aid
(BBC) Shamima Begum — who joined the Islamic State group aged 15 — is set to be granted legal aid to fight the decision to revoke her UK citizenship. The 19-year-old, who left east London in 2015, was stripped of her citizenship […]
Children & Teens
FGM ‘increasingly performed on UK babies’
(BBC) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was “almost impossible to detect” as the girls were not […]