News: Europe
Manchester bomber was seen ‘praying’ at venue before attack (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Terror attack investigation opens
(BBC) The public inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack has begun. The hearing comes more than three years after Salman Abedi set off a bomb as people left a concert on 22 May 2017, killing himself and 22 others. It was […]
Government & Politics
Legal challenges blocking migrant removals, even though most have claimed asylum elsewhere (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Record 400-plus migrants cross Channel in one day
(BBC) More than 400 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats — a record for a single day. Border Force has intercepted 416 people, including young children, on board 28 boats, the Home Office has confirmed. Some of the migrants […]
Immigration
Migrants resume risky Channel crossings as calm seas return
(AFP) As dawn broke Tuesday over the Channel, a small black dot on the horizon slowly morphed into an increasingly familiar sight: a dinghy overloaded with people desperate to reach Britain. Those aboard, all wearing orange life jackets and including at least […]
Immigration
Nearly 1,500 migrants made journey to UK in small boats during August (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
UK supreme court ruling clears way for Isis pair to be tried in US (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Quarter of ‘child’ migrants crossing Channel are over 18, says Kent council (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
More than 5,000 migrants reach UK by small boat in 2020 (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Concerns over whether UK can overcome legal hurdles to hand evidence to US on Islamic State ‘Beatles’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
US won’t seek death penalty against pair of IS militants
(AP) The Justice Department has notified the British government that it will not pursue the death penalty against two Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages, removing a hurdle in the potential prosecution of the men in the United […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Priti Patel in racist French storm: Home secretary enrages Paris (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
More than 1,000 migrants arrive in UK in 10 days after Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Royal Navy called in to help tackle Channel migrant crisis (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Asylum seeker removal flight takes off despite last-minute court actions (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Nearly half of British public have little or no sympathy for migrants crossing Channel from France, survey finds (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel crossings: Priti Patel was warned government policies were pushing migrants into dangerous voyages nine months ago (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
UK and France working ‘at pace’ on plan to halt migrant Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Asylum seekers launch legal challenge against their removal from UK (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Migrant crossings: Use of navy ships to stop boats ‘dangerous’
(BBC) Using Royal Navy ships to help stop migrants crossing the English Channel is “dangerous” and “won’t change anything,” a Calais politician says. On Saturday the Home Office asked defence chiefs for help to make crossings in small boats “unviable.” The Home […]
Government & Politics
Johnson: Migrant crossings ‘bad, stupid, dangerous and criminal’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
More than 4,000 migrants reach UK by small boats in 2020 (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
French demand £30m to stop migrants crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Home Office seeks military help over migrant crossings
(BBC) Defence chiefs are considering a request from the Home Office for help to deal with migrants attempting to cross the English Channel. The government is looking at using boats to “prevent people from leaving,” Schools Ministers Nick Gibb said. It comes […]
Government & Politics
New record set for number of migrants crossing the Channel in a day (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Inquiry launched into huge rise in migrant crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
AG Barr promises to rule out death penalty for ISIS ‘Beatles,’ victims’ families say The decision breaks an impasse with the British government and appears to clear the way for the two former UK residents to be moved to the U.S. criminal justice system.
(NBC) Attorney General William Barr has promised to formally rule out the death penalty for two notorious ISIS detainees to ensure that the British government can provide evidence against them, relatives of the victims told NBC News after speaking with Barr by […]
Immigration
Illegal migrants are being offered passage across the Channel in small boats for as little as £500, reveals National Crime Agency (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Royal Navy will have to be deployed for Channel migrants to be returned to France, says Border Force union (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel migrants: More boats follow busiest day on record
(BBC) “Multiple” migrant boats have been picked up by Border Force in the English Channel, the coastguard said. One vessel landed on a beach near to a nuclear power plant in Dungeness, Kent, police have confirmed. French authorities said they rescued 58 […]
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 […]
Children & Teens
Bring home ‘trafficked’ Isis families, MPs urge (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel migrants: 13 boats carrying 159 people intercepted
(BBC) Thirteen boats carrying more than 150 migrants were intercepted while attempting to cross the Channel in a six-hour period. The Home Office said there were 159 people on board the small boats which were intercepted on Tuesday. Pictures show Border Force […]
Law Enforcement
Cressida Dick: We have a plan to deal with Shamima Begum (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Hundreds of ‘discarded migrant boats’ found at Dover warehouse (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel migrants: Nine boats arrive with 125 men and women on board
(BBC) Nine boats carrying 125 migrants have been intercepted on their way to the UK as searches continue for more vessels. The Home Office said Border Force dealt with several incidents on Friday after being alerted to small boats in the Channel. […]
Children & Teens
UK ministers ignore pleas to return ‘innocent orphans’ from Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Shamima Begum: Leaving Isis Britons in Syrian camps could be more dangerous than allowing them into UK, government warned (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Priti Patel accused of ‘fake news’ over Channel migrant boats
(BBC) The home secretary has been accused of creating “fake news” with her criticism of French efforts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel. Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont disputed Priti Patel’s claim that French authorities were not stopping boats. “It’s not true […]
Government & Politics
Row over maritime laws in bid to stop migrant crossings, MPs told (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Record migrant numbers cross English Channel in small boats
(BBC) A record number of migrants crossed the Channel on the day the home secretary announced a “new operation[al] approach” to dealing with small boat crossings. The Home Office said 180 migrants made the crossing to the UK on Sunday in 15 […]
Government & Politics
UK and France agree to create intelligence cell amid surge in migrant crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrants with severe hypothermia rescued from capsized boat in Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Patel: No new target date for migrant crossings to be ‘infrequent phenomenon’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant crossings surge during coronavirus lockdown (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Government renews calls for terror attack rehearsals (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Priti Patel defies her critics to expand Prevent anti-terror drive (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Reading stabbings: Khairi Saadallah charged with murder
(BBC) A man has been charged with the murder of three men who were stabbed to death in a public park in Reading. Khairi Saadallah is accused of killing James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, on 20 June. […]
Government & Politics
Labour calls for judge-led review on strategy for lone attackers (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Reading killings: Suspect Khairi Saadallah was on anti-terror programme (LINK ONLY)
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