Forget Rwanda. Here’s an ingenious new solution to the migrant crisis
The Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has drawn three major criticisms. First, that it’s inhumane. Second, that it will be eye-wateringly expensive. And third,…
Tories launch adverts attacking Labour MPs who ‘voted to keep illegal migrants in Britain’
The Conservative Party has launched a campaign of attack adverts directed at Labour MPs, telling the public they voted “to keep illegal migrants in Britain”. The party…
Priti Patel told there was ‘not sufficient evidence’ Rwanda plan would deter asylum seekers
Priti Patel was warned by a Home Office chief there is “not sufficient evidence” that her Rwanda plan will deter asylum seekers, it has emerged. The Home…
Labour offers no viable alternative for tackling illegal migration
Political parties are under no obligation to support any policy just because they may have supported it in the past. Such an insistence on eternal consistency is…
‘Ghost town’ North Yorkshire village will become UK’s Channel migrant hub
Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative MP for the area, said he appreciated there would be concerns among residents and had met the immigration minister to discuss the plans….
Priti Patel is showing more compassion than any of her detractors
We were having dinner on holiday in Turkey last year, when the British couple at the next table started complaining how difficult the Covid regulations made it…
Hotel Rwanda is the insane result of Boris Johnson’s random country generator
We knew things were serious, because the Prime Minister had unleashed his trademark “reading things out” voice. Gone were the avian gobbling noises that usually punctuate his…
Priti is showing more compassion than any of her detractors
We were having dinner on holiday in Turkey last year, when the British couple at the next table started complaining how difficult the Covid regulations made it…
Channel migrants to be sent to Rwanda
Ministers are also expected to announce the first purpose-built Greek-style reception centre in England, where migrants will have to obey strict rules or lose their rights to…
Almost all Channel migrants arrive without passports after being told to shred ID
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has previously warned that the “destruction of documents disables the authorities from establishing where an entrant came from, in order to increase…
France to use UK funds for CCTV network to stop Channel migrant crossings
Although the cameras are funded by Britain, officers from the UK Border Force and National Crime Agency will not have access to any of the images. They…
Home Office ‘burying bad news’ with plan to scrap daily Channel migrants data
The Home Office said it was considering the advice from the OSR and would publish its plans “in due course”, but would continue to publish daily data…
Trafficking ringleader sentenced to 15 years in prison over 39 migrants found dead in lorry
A trafficking ringleader has been sentenced to 15 years in prison over the deaths of 39 migrants found in the back of a lorry in Essex. Vietnamese…
Man drowns after migrant boat carrying 30 capsizes in the Channel
One man has died and about 30 other people have been rescued in the Channel after their boat ran into difficulties while trying to cross from northern…
New rules to crack down on adult migrants claiming to be children
The new age rules come after the Home Office successfully overturned a 2019 Appeal Court ruling that its 18-year-old threshold was unlawful because it failed to ensure…
Channel migrant ‘drugged, raped and strangled’ 13-year-old girl before fleeing to UK, court hears
An Afghan immigrant escaped to Britain on a small boat across the Channel after allegedly gang-raping and killing a 13-year-old girl in Austria, an extradition court heard…
How an army of volunteers is mobilising to help migrants cross the freezing Alps
Hundreds of volunteers in the Alps are helping migrants cross from Italy into France through treacherous terrain and freezing temperatures. Many men, women and children – sometimes…
British and French rescue services may be charged with manslaughter over channel migrant drownings
A spokesperson for the French Maritime Prefecture said its rescuers investigate every call that they receive and that an inquiry was underway into the calls received that…
Callous smugglers send migrants to sea on dinghies made of plywood and gaffer tape
Martin Grace, head of organised immigration crime operations for the NCA, said: “It is clear to us that with some of the boats being used there is…
Emmanuel Macron tells Boris Johnson to ‘be my guest’ and fix migration crisis
A sovereign Europe While Mr Macron insisted that defence cooperation had not been cast into question by Brexit, Britain’s role in secretly negotiating the sale of US-designed…
Britain needs no lectures from France on migrant rights
In this respect, it’s Beaune’s moralising on “humane” labour market regulation that grates most. For one thing is clear: those stringent French employment checks he demands in…
Angela Merkel claimed to be the great unifier — she leaves as the great divider
Angela Merkel’s 16 years as Chancellor of Germany ended last night on a nostalgic, even bathetic note, with a torchlit military parade accompanied by a band playing…
Thousands of ‘middle-class’ migrants using stolen yachts to sneak into Europe
“This seems to be a new route that is being organised by the traffickers. It’s a phenomenon that we don’t yet understand fully,” said Maria Paola Sorace,…
Emmanuel Macron calls Boris Johnson ‘un clown’ in charge of a ‘circus’
The Elysée Palace said on Wednesday it did not comment on reports and added that there were “no planned meetings” between Mr Macron and Mr Johnson in…
Emmanuel Macron calls Boris Johnson a ‘clown’ in charge of a ‘circus’, French media reports
Emmanuel Macron dismissed Boris Johnson as a “clown” who privately admitted he had to cater to “public opinion” by creating phoney wars against the French to mask…