People smuggling gangs offer a ‘Christmas discount’ of £300 a head to migrants wanting to cross the English Channel to Britain illegally The UK Border Force prepares for a surge in crossings over the festive period Intelligence reports suggest average costs for migrants around £500 to £1,000 Means illegal crossings now available for less than … Read more
Moment police find 12 Iraqi and Iranian migrants in the back of fruit lorry on the M6 in the West Midlands – as the driver and passenger are arrested Video shows 12 suspected migrants being detained by police on M6 in Walsall Group of men have been detained and lorry driver and passenger were arrested … Read more
Moment police find 13 suspected migrants in the back of fruit lorry on the M6 in the West Midlands – as the driver and passenger are arrested Video shows 13 suspected migrants being detained by police on M6 in Walsall Group of men have been detained and lorry driver and passenger were arrested West Midlands … Read more
Migrants will be banned from making UK asylum claims at sea under tough new laws to crackdown on small boats crossing the English Channel Home Office is planning law to ban migrants from making asylum claims at sea New law could ultimately see migrant boats immediately taken back to France Ministers said new law needed … Read more
Home Office ‘will deport dozens of Channel migrants to France, Germany and Spain this week’ – as lawyers launch a fresh bid to block their removal 3 flights with migrants who crossed the Channel in boats will depart next week Migrants who claim refugee status in another EU country can be returned there Home Office … Read more
Judges’ powers to block deportations could be limited as Justice Secretary Robert Buckland announces first review of Human Rights Act in 20 years Robert Buckland said the review would look at key areas of the Human Rights Act Includes whether judges’ interpretations of old legal decisions should be limited Critics claim focusing on old cases … Read more
A hotel concierge accused of helping burglars raid Frank Lampard’s home said he thought the thieves were builders who wanted to move to the UK. Romanian Alexandru Stan, 49, was allegedly one of the ‘support team’ for the thieves who travelled from Italy to break into the homes of celebrities’ and steal £26m in jewellery … Read more
Up to SIXTY migrants arrive in Dover after being picked up on boats in the English Channel as number making journey this year nears 8,200 More than 8,000 men, women and children have crossed the Channel this year The number of crossings this year is four times higher than those seen in 2019 Today’s arrivals … Read more
Spain is scrambling to manage the stream of migrants to its Canary Islands from West Africa by opening a second holding camp. The establishment of a temporary migrant processing centre on the island of Gran Canaria comes amid increasing criticism from local authorities and human rights groups. Officials on the ground say that they can’t … Read more
Numbers of migrants housed full-board in hotels rockets NINEFOLD costing taxpayers tens of millions of pounds a year amid record number of Channel crossings Asylum seekers are being put up in 100 hotels across the UK with full board A surge from 1,200 in March was caused by pandemic and record crossings Nearly £400million is … Read more