Immigration
Record year sees more than 28,300 people cross English Channel to the UK (LINK ONLY)
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United Kingdom
Books
Amazon and eBay are selling one of Jihadi John’s favourite terrorist books (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Home Office splash £100,000 on fast food and supplies for Channel migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Manchester Arena bombing victim’s mother made OBE in new year honours for work to fight terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Damning new evidence undermines BBC’s Oxford Street racist slur claim (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Mistakes will be made when releasing terrorists — watchdog (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Liverpool bomber made device with murderous intent, coroner says
(BBC) The Liverpool bomber died from an explosion and fire caused by a device he manufactured with “murderous intent,” a coroner has ruled. Emad Al Swealmeen was killed when his bomb went off while he was inside a taxi at Liverpool Women’s […]
Children & Teens
Rotherham grooming scandal: Priti Patel says police must record ethnicity of child abuse suspects (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migration back to the forefront of EU politics in 2021
(Euronews) Migration once again became a key issue for Europe this past year as tensions flared up at the EU’s border with Belarus. Hundreds of migrants gathered at the bloc’s border as the EU accused Belarus of waging a hybrid war and […]
Academics & Education
Islamic school was ‘petri dish of terror that tortured pupils’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Parole Board considering 92 terrorists for release from jail (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Ten key moments from 2021
(BBC) Over the past year, the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing has heard heart-breaking accounts from the victims’ families and those who survived, while uncovering security failings and missed opportunities. It has also highlighted the heroic efforts of the people […]
Government & Politics
Lockdown may have sent would-be terrorists on ‘dark journey’ to radicalisation, warns Damian Hinds (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
67 people cross English Channel on Christmas Day (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Review of Prevent counter-extremism programme misses deadline — almost three years after it began (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Jewish man violently assaulted by thug who said he wanted ‘to find a Jew to kill’ (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Convicted terrorist given five-month sentence for prison attack (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Charity chief’s migrant warning sparks communal outrage Exclusive: JNF UK chairman Samuel Hayek’s claim that Muslim immigration threatens the future of Jewish life in Britain branded ‘simplistic and reckless’
(Jewish News) The chairman of one [of] the UK’s top Jewish charities provoked dismay among community leaders this week after claiming immigration into this country would leave Jews with “no future in England.” Asked about comments made to an Israeli newspaper earlier […]
Immigration
Another 160 people intercepted while trying to cross the Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Employment
Migrants could be electronically tagged to deter people from crossing Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel migrant crossings to UK more than triple in 2021
(AFP) Arash took his first steps on English soil on a cloudy, drizzly day in May, after attempting a perilous crossing of the Channel from northern France. UK border police intercepted the inflatable dinghy on which he and others spent five hours […]
Crime
Channel migrants: Court of Appeal overturns asylum seeker convictions
(BBC) Four Iranian men who crossed the English Channel in small boats have had their convictions for immigration offences quashed. The Court of Appeal said it had not been proven they intended to enter the UK illegally. The men were intercepted by […]
Internet
Cryptocurrency: Cardiff terrorist Khuram Iqbal jailed over trading
(BBC) A convicted terrorist has been jailed for 16 months over his cryptocurrency trading on the dark web. Khuram Iqbal, 29, from Cardiff, was originally jailed in 2014 for three years and three months for disseminating terrorist publications and possessing terrorist information. […]
Government & Politics
Sir David Amess: Ali Harbi Ali pleads not guilty to murdering MP
(BBC) A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of MP Sir David Amess in an alleged terror attack. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, from Kentish Town, north London, appeared at the Old Bailey to deny murdering the Conservative politician on 15 […]
Immigration
Migrant crossings: More than 270 people cross the Channel on Sunday
(BBC) More than 270 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Sunday, the Home Office confirmed. It comes after more than 900 people crossed on Thursday and Friday. Border Force officials brought 274 people in 11 boats into the Port […]
Internet
Prisoner serving life term who stabbed guard in terrorist attack ran Facebook account from jail (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant crossings: More than 900 cross Channel in two days
(BBC) More than 900 people have crossed the Channel in small boats over two days, the Home Office has confirmed. On Thursday 559 people were picked up off the Kent coast after making the crossing in 19 boats, and on Friday 358 […]
Crime
BBC ‘broke law’ in reporting on Oxford Street bus antisemitism, claim victims’ lawyers (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Man spared jail after wearing T-shirts promoting banned Palestinian groups (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Tareena Shakil: IS mother ‘regrets everything’ about Syria journey
(BBC) A woman convicted of travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State group says she “regrets everything” about it. Tareena Shakil, from Birmingham, was jailed in 2016 when she returned to the UK after three months with IS. The 32-year-old said […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Greater Manchester Police admits mistakes
(BBC) Greater Manchester Police has admitted it made errors on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing and in its planning for a terrorist attack. But it said “catastrophic failures” by an incident commander in the early stages of the police response […]
Immigration
Migrants push past outnumbered French police to make perilous Channel crossing
(Reuters) In the early hours of Thursday on a beach in northern France, a small group of police with torches tries to stand in the way of dozens of migrants heading for the sea carrying a grey dinghy. It’s tense. The police […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Families call ambulance response ‘inadequate’
(BBC) North West Ambulance Service’s response to the Manchester Arena attack was “inadequate,” an inquiry has been told. Only one paramedic was at the bomb scene for the first 45 minutes and many victims were helped by police officers, first aiders and […]
News: Europe
Greater Manchester fire service ‘unprepared’ for terrorist attack (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police ‘blamed others’ for bomb response failings
(BBC) Police “abjectly failed” to co-ordinate the emergency response on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. Families of those killed said Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had tried “to blame others” for its mistakes. The public inquiry into […]
Crime
Police find ‘no evidence’ of anti-Muslim slur during Oxford Street hate incident (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s punch ‘could have been red flag’
(BBC) Salman Abedi punching a female student after a row about her wearing a short skirt could have been a red flag to his radicalisation, an inquiry has heard. Abedi, who killed 22 people in the Manchester Arena bombing, hit the girl […]
Health & Medicine
Asad Bhatti: Terrorism jury discharged as defendant catches Covid
(BBC) A defendant in a terrorism trial has been taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma with Covid-19, a court has heard. The trial of Asad Bhatti started at the Old Bailey last week. The 48-year-old financial analyst from Redhill, […]
Crime
Channel crossings: Smugglers are using ‘death trap’ boats, agency says
(BBC) Dangerous and unseaworthy boats are being used to smuggle people across the Channel to the UK from France, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. The NCA said there had been a trend towards large inflatables of up to 10m (32ft) […]
Legal
Dangerous Manchester man had ‘colossal’ amount of extremist propaganda on computer and phone
(ITV) A “dangerous” man who was found to have a “colossal” amount of extremist propaganda on his computer and phone has been jailed for terrorism offences. Counter-terrorism police believe the material owned by Wissam Tariq Mahmoud Ziad, which supported extremist group Daesh […]
Children & Teens
Police: We have foiled seven ‘late-stage’ terror attacks since start of pandemic (LINK ONLY)
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Arts & Entertainment
TV channel that referred to Hamas killer as ‘martyr’ reported to Ofcom and the police (LINK ONLY)
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Interfaith
BBC interviews ‘we love death’ activist on tackling Jew-hate (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Hashem Abedi ‘more influential’ than bomber
(BBC) Hashem Abedi, who was jailed for his part in the Manchester Arena attack, was probably “more influential” than the bomber, an inquiry has heard. Abedi, who is serving a life sentence, helped organise the attack his brother Salman carried out in […]
Government & Politics
Flagship immigration reforms clear the Commons amid chaotic scenes (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Salman Abedi was immature student, hearing told
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber was an “immature” student whose conduct raised concern but could not obviously be linked to extremism, an inquiry heard. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber attacked girl at college, hearing told
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber attacked a female student while he was studying at a college, an inquiry has heard. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. The inquiry into the […]
Crime
Police release new images of anti-Semitic attack on Oxford Street (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Manchester Arena inquiry: No sign of Abedi’s extremism at school, teacher says
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s former head teacher has told an inquiry there was no sign of his extremism while he was at school. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
Crime
Barber told woman he wanted to make her a ‘perfect Muslim wife’ and then treated her like a dog (LINK ONLY)
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