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Rishi Sunak to use Cop27 to raise migrant crisis with French President

Ahead of the conference, the PM said the issue of small boats crossing the Channel was his ‘key priority’.

The Independent UK

Sealed borders are a fantasy and talk of invasion is toxic. There is an alternative

There is no perfect solution to immigration but one thing is clear: don’t dehumanise

The Guardian - UK

Most Britons think country has lost control of its border since Brexit: poll

Only 7% of Opinium respondents believe government is in control of situation in the English Channel

The Guardian - UK

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Inside the dinghy graveyard full of wreckage of boats used by Channel refugees

A stretch of beach close to Dunkirk in northern France resembles a dinghy graveyard as desperate migrants rush to take the perilous journey before winter sets in

Daily Mirror

UK asylum system: What happens to people who cross the Channel and make a claim?

Almost 40,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats in 2022, according to Government data, but that is just the start of their journey through the UK asylum process

Evening Standard

Two migrant groups left stranded at Victoria station after ‘misunderstanding’, says minister

Two migrant groups who crossed the English Channel were left stranded in London after a “misunderstanding” with UK officials, a minister has said.

Evening Standard

BBC reporter admits 'poor' choice of words over inflammatory immigration report

A BBC reporter who used inflammatory language about immigrants during a report on Channel crossings has admitted to a “poor” choice of words,…

The National (Scotland)

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What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but is already struggling with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

The Independent UK

‘Bit of a cheek’ for migrants to complain about conditions at overcrowded Manston, says minister OLD

Centre in Kent being expanded to take more than 1,600 people arriving across the Channel

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman flies 19 miles to Manston asylum centre by Chinook helicopter

Home Secretary Suella Braverman travelled the short distance from Dover to Manston - 30 minutes in a car - by £30 million, twin-rotor support aircraft - so she could look at the Channel coastline. There weren't any boats.

Daily Mirror

Tory disquiet over Channel crossings shakes projection of unity under Sunak

Some MPs says PM’s vociferous defence of Suella Braverman shows a failure to properly grasp the issue

The Guardian - UK

Migrant crisis is down to failed policies – not Albanians, says nation’s PM

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has singled out Albanian asylum seekers after a big increase in the numbers of them crossing the Channel.

The Independent UK

Stop blaming us for your migrant crisis, Albania’s Prime Minister tells Suella Braverman

Albania’s PM accuses Braverman of singling out Albania to ‘excuse policy failures’

Evening Standard

Braverman told to stop targeting Albanians to ‘excuse failures’ by nation’s PM

The Home Secretary was criticised by Edi Rama for using ‘easy rhetoric’ that ‘ignores hard facts’.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

These Channel boats demand serious solutions, not screams of ‘invasion’

Immigration is back on the news agenda and it’s as raw, difficult and upsetting as ever. The petrol bombing of a migrant centre in Dover was sickening and took me right back to the murder of Jo Cox.

The Independent UK

What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but is already struggling with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

The Independent UK

France and UK need to do more on Channel migrant crisis, Cabinet minister admits

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the authorities on both sides of the English Channel needed to step up work to tackle small boat crossings.

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The reality behind Suella Braverman’s claims of an asylum seeker ‘invasion’

In today’s newsletter: Veteran home affairs journalist Alan Travis weighs in for this survey, by the numbers, of how immigration became the dominant feature of the Home Office’s brief – and a near-constant issue

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The Guardian - UK

Albania criticises UK’s lack of cooperation over Channel crossings

Government sources in Tirana say UK has failed to provide information or agree a deportation deal

Evening Standard

Minister warns small boat crisis to worsen as Suella Braverman row deepens

We’ll need radical options to solve migrant crisis, says Robert Jenrick

The Independent UK

UK minister under fire for calling migrants an 'invasion'

Britain’s interior minister is facing criticism for describing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats as an “invasion.”

Daily Mirror

Asylum system chaos: All your questions answered - including how much it really costs

The number of migrants to have crossed the Channel in small boats this year has now hit 39,897 - here The Mirror answers all your questions on the ongoing crisis

The Independent UK

Briton rescued from Channel after days clinging to buoy was ‘trying to kayak to Spain’

Father of 28-year-old said he ‘just broke up with his girlfriend’

The Independent UK

Braverman faces down criticism over deepening migrant crisis

The Home Secretary described the numbers arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel as an ‘invasion on our southern coast’.

The National (Scotland)

Home Secretary calls Channel crossings 'an invasion' in 'disgusting' comments

HOME Secretary Suella Braverman has sparked outrage over describing the number of migrants crossing The Channel as an “invasion”.

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