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Government & Politics

Conservative MP Lee Anderson says aid workers ‘as bad as people smugglers’ Charity says it provides refugees with 'dignity' not 'encouragement' to cross English Channel

February 19, 2023 Simon Rushton  

(National-UAE) Refugee charities that work with migrants in northern France are “just as bad as people smugglers” who ferry people across the English Channel in search of new lives, the new Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson has said. The MP, who was […]

Crime

Knowsley: Fifteen arrests over clash outside asylum seeker hotel

February 11, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Fifteen people, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested after violent clashes outside a Merseyside hotel accommodating asylum seekers. A police officer and two members of the public suffered minor injuries during the disorder in Knowsley on Friday. A police van […]

Government & Politics

Rwanda asylum policy: Migrants granted right to challenge

January 16, 2023 Dominic Casciani  

(BBC) Migrants facing potential removal to Rwanda under the Home Office’s relocation scheme have won permission to challenge the policy. Last month the High Court ruled that the scheme was lawful. Today’s ruling means there is no prospect of flights leaving immediately […]

Government & Politics

Rwanda migrant plan is lawful, High Court rules

December 19, 2022 Rachel Russell and Jasmine Andersson  

(BBC) The government’s plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court has ruled. The court ruled on Monday that the scheme did not breach the UN’s Refugee Convention or human rights laws. But the cases of eight asylum seekers […]

Government & Politics

France, UK sign new deal to thwart migrant Channel crossings

November 14, 2022 Adam Plowright and Phil Hazlewood  

(AFP) Britain agreed to pay France another 72.2 million euros ($74.5 million) to prevent migrant boat crossings in the English Channel under a new deal signed on Monday that underlines improving ties between the neighbours. Around 42,000 people — most of them […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: More than 1,100 people arrive in small boats

September 23, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 1,100 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats in a single day, for the second time this month. The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that 21 boats carrying 1,150 people were intercepted on Thursday, the third highest […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: More than 30,000 cross in small boats this year

September 22, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 30,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year, government figures have shown. Among the latest arrivals at Dungeness in Kent were children wrapped in blankets and people in winter coats. Several groups of people were […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: Crossings in 2022 now exceed whole of 2021

September 13, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) The number of people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats so far this year has now exceeded the total for the whole of 2021. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said 601 migrants made the crossing on Monday in […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: Almost 1,300 migrants cross Channel in new record

August 23, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Almost 1,300 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Monday, setting a new record for crossings in a single day. The Ministry of Defence said 1,295 migrants made the crossing in 27 boats, topping the previous high of 1,185 […]

Immigration

More migrants arrive in Kent as crossings resume (LINK ONLY)

July 11, 2022 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

UK Home Office plans second flight to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda (LINK ONLY)

July 3, 2022 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Home Office offers asylum seekers choice between war zones they fled and Rwanda (LINK ONLY)

June 6, 2022 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Channel migrants: At least 350 intercepted in two days

May 2, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) At least 350 migrants have been brought ashore from the English Channel in the past two days, according to witnesses and official figures. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it found seven boats carrying 254 migrants on Sunday — witnesses said […]

Immigration

Near-freezing temperatures fail to stop 271 people crossing English Channel (LINK ONLY)

January 13, 2022 EoI News  

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Immigration

Record year sees more than 28,300 people cross English Channel to the UK (LINK ONLY)

January 4, 2022 EoI News  

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Immigration

Calais migrants facing ‘very dangerous’ conditions as temperatures drop (LINK ONLY)

October 31, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Home Office set up fake website to deter asylum seekers from crossing Channel with ‘misleading’ claims (LINK ONLY)

July 31, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

I will try until I die — Migrants in France determined to seek better life in UK (LINK ONLY)

July 29, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Small boats carrying migrants across Channel hit record levels in May (LINK ONLY)

June 2, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Napier Barracks ‘like prison’ despite Home Office improvements — asylum seeker (LINK ONLY)

April 13, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

1,000 people cross Channel on small boats so far this year (LINK ONLY)

March 25, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Channel migrants seeking UK asylum are smuggling themselves back to France, says charity (LINK ONLY)

March 1, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Plan to use force in fingerprinting Channel asylum seekers will spark violence and self-harm, Priti Patel warned (LINK ONLY)

February 14, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Conditions in barracks housing refugees in UK to be investigated (LINK ONLY)

February 11, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Home Office drops plan to house asylum seekers in ‘prison-style’ camp (LINK ONLY)

February 9, 2021 EoI News  

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Crime

Further arrests after barracks fire while residents face ‘freezing’ conditions (LINK ONLY)

January 31, 2021 EoI News  

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Crime

Napier Barracks: Five arrests over asylum centre fire

January 30, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Five men have been arrested after a fire at a former barracks where asylum seekers are being held. Kent Police said one man was held on suspicion of assaulting a security guard and four in connection with the fire at Napier […]

Crime

Napier Barracks: Fire at Covid-hit asylum-seeker site was ‘arson’

January 29, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) A fire at a former army barracks housing hundreds of asylum seekers was started deliberately, police have said. Emergency services were sent to Napier Barracks in Folkestone at 14:00 GMT after “reports of a disturbance.” The Home Office said people had […]

Crime

Priti Patel suggests fire at Kent asylum seeker site started deliberately (LINK ONLY)

January 29, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Migrants trying to reach UK may jump on queuing lorries in France, says Border Force head (LINK ONLY)

December 21, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

UK and France sign agreement to curb migrant crossings in English Channel (LINK ONLY)

November 28, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Priti Patel planning weekly removals of Channel migrants to Italy, France and Germany (LINK ONLY)

September 18, 2020 EoI News  

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Immigration

Migrants with severe hypothermia rescued from capsized boat in Channel (LINK ONLY)

July 11, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Home Office deporting migrants who cross Channel in small boats (LINK ONLY)

May 21, 2020 EoI News  

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Children & Teens

Channel migrants: Rise in unaccompanied children arriving in Kent

May 18, 2020 Colin Campbell  

(BBC) The number of unaccompanied child migrants arriving in Kent has risen significantly in the past 12 months, the county council leader has said. Roger Gough claimed the number of young asylum seekers in the county had “doubled in a little more […]

Government & Politics

Migrant crossings: 227 people intercepted amid lockdown spike

May 9, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) At least 227 migrants have been intercepted in two days as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach the UK. Eight boats carrying 145 people were stopped on Friday, the Home Office confirmed — a record for a single […]

Health & Medicine

Coronavirus: Home Office staff give face masks to migrants

April 17, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Home Office staff have been seen fitting face masks to suspected migrants at Dover. Pictures showed Immigration Enforcement officers, themselves wearing masks and gloves, processing them at the port. A total of 25 men and four women in three vessels arrived […]

Immigration

Coronavirus: Migrants cross Channel amid Covid-19 fears

April 2, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 40 migrants trying to reach the UK via the English Channel are thought to have been picked up by the Border Force. Officials have been seen with groups of people at Dover. It is not yet clear how many […]

Government & Politics

Channel migrants: More than 60 people found on Boxing Day

December 26, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 60 migrants have been picked up while attempting to cross the Channel in small boats. Forty-nine people in four boats were met by Border Force and brought to England, while a further two boats were dealt with by French […]

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