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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      UK public inquiry calls for maximum 28 days for immigration detention

      Ministers must learn lessons from ‘toxic culture’ at Sussex removal centre, report finds

      Detainees held at Brook House respond to demonstrators fighting against plans to send migrants to Rwanda in 2022
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Starmer prioritises control over unrealistic aim of ‘stopping the boats’

      Also in this newsletter, Rishi Sunak needs to rely on opposition party votes occasionally if he wants to make his mark

      A border force boat assists people travelling by small boat at sea
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Tories hit out at Labour plan for migration deal with the EU

      Sir Keir Starmer proposes returns agreement with the bloc under which UK would take in asylum seekers

      Montage of Sir Keir Starmer in front of migrants on a small boat
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Starmer vows to strike a UK migrants ‘return agreement’ with EU

      Conservatives warn deal will force Britain to accept asylum seekers from across the bloc

      A UK Border Force ship rescues migrants crossing the English Channel in a small boat
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Starmer would seek EU deal on migrants to thwart smugglers

      Labour leader’s push to sharpen foreign policy profile to include meeting with Macron in Paris

      Sir Keir Starmer
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      UK Home Office risks losing key source of funding for asylum seekers, says watchdog

      ICAI says new legislation could prevent department from using overseas aid money to support refugees in Britain

      A group of people thought to be migrants crossing the Channel in a small boat traveling from the coast of France and heading in the direction of Dover
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics
      Conservative attacks on ‘lefty lawyers’ fuel hate mail and racist abuse

      UK immigration experts sound alarm about threatening atmosphere they blame the government for fostering

      Jacqueline McKenzie
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Cost of UK asylum system nearly doubles to £4bn a year

      New data underscores the challenge facing the government in getting to grips with irregular migration

      A group of people thought to be migrants in Dover, Kent
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      UK fits small boat migrants with bar-coded wristbands

      Use of technology part of effort to address criticism of poor controls at processing centres, says government insider

      Migrants coming ashore in Kent
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Sunak’s policies will add to UK asylum backlog, think-tank warns

      Britain could be spending more than £6bn a year supporting migrants in ‘limbo’ under Illegal Migration Act, says IPPR

      Migrants rescued from a boat crossing the English Channel land on Dungeness beach in Kent, on Monday
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Rishi Sunak’s solutionism approach to small boats hits a wall

      Leaders and pundits are incentivised to claim there are fixes to problems, including the intractable issue of illegal migration

      Rishi Sunak speaks in Dover, England
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      UK charities call for safe routes for asylum seekers after channel deaths

      Number of illegal small boat crossings has increased since security measures were imposed at French ports

      A UK coastguard vessel brings migrants picked up at sea to shore in Dover
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Asylum seekers evacuated from UK barge over legionnaires’ disease fears

      Fresh setback to Sunak’s migration policy comes as 100,000 milestone reached for Channel crossings

      The Bibby Stockholm immigration barge in Portland
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      UK justice secretary hits out at lawyers ‘parading their politics’

      Portland mayor launches legal challenge against Home Office asylum seeker barge

      Migrants board the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      First asylum seekers moved to UK’s Bibby Stockholm barge

      Ministers hope use of vessel will help meet pledge to reduce number of people crossing the Channel in small boats

      Asylum seekers board the Bibby Stockholm in Portland on Monday
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Inside Politics
      ‘Stop the boats’ progress remains lukewarm as ministers shift blame

      Also in this newsletter, some in government are at loggerheads over Iranian security threat

      The Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      UK employers and landlords face big jump in ‘illegal migrant’ fines

      Move is latest attempt by Rishi Sunak to clamp down on small boats crossing the Channel

      A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, after being rescued by the RNLI in the Channel
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      UK businesses urge Sunak to reverse rise in visa fee for skilled workers

      Prime minister is warned that extra cost of hiring from abroad would hamper efforts to plug staff shortages

      Commuters exit London Liverpool Street railway station
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      UK law firms threaten to halt work on asylum cases without higher pay offer

      Lawyers call on government to improve hourly rates in order to avert ‘catastrophic’ breakdown in legal aid

      Migrants leave a Border Force vessel in Dover after being picked up in the Channel
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      UK plan to house asylum seekers on barge delayed by fire safety concerns

      Home Office says vessel will open ‘in the coming weeks’ after inspections uncover compliance issues

      The Bibby Stockholm moored at Portland Port in Dorset
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      UK ‘routinely’ housing child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful, court rules

      Policy ‘cannot be used systematically or routinely’, says judge, in new blow to government’s plans to curb immigration

      A child runs outside the gates of a hotel that is housing asylum seekers
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Scotland
      Scottish government unveils post-independence citizenship rules

      Humza Yousaf seeks to reverse population decline and address shortage of workers

      Humza Yousaf speaks at an event in Edinburgh
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      Global migration
      Domicile: amid migrant crisis, nations woo footloose rich Premium content

      The prizes for countries hosting the wealthy are higher consumption, employment and investment

      Sydney Opera House and the harbour bridge seen over rooftops
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      UK employment
      Vulnerable UK migrant workers at risk as audits of farm recruiters stall

      Task force launched by supermarkets to tackle exploitation has yet to complete any assessments

      A farm worker harvests asparagus from a field near Sandwich, Kent
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      UK’s illegal migration bill ‘sets a worrying precedent’, UN warns

      High commissioner fears other countries ‘may be tempted to follow’ legislation aimed at curbing Channel crossings

      Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel
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