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More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Channel since 2018, Home Office confirms

The highest daily count for 2023 was reached on Thursday when 755 people crossed the Channel

Evening Standard

Channel crossings: 100,000 since 2018 and new daily record set for 2023

It comes weeks after sweeping asylum reforms became law and while the Government fends off legal challenges over its Rwanda deal and migrant housing.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Most asylum seekers housed on ‘deterrent’ barge are not small boat migrants

Labour says it’s ‘frankly laughable’ to claim barge will reduce small boats when most residents flew to UK

The Independent UK

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Migrants rescued as number of people crossing Channel ‘hits 100k since 2018’

Several migrants have been rescued from the English Channel as the number of people crossing on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years…

The National (Scotland)

Migrants rescued as number of people crossing Channel ‘hits 100,000 since 2018’

The Home Office confirmed 17 individuals were rescued from the water who had gone overboard and said they were all recovered safely.

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid’s brother appointed boss of immigration enforcement

Bas Javid, a senior Metropolitan police officer, will take up the Home Office role in November

The Guardian - UK

Sajid Javid’s brother appointed new boss of Immigration Enforcement

Bas Javid is currently a Deputy Assistant Commissioner with the Metropolitan Police.

The Independent UK

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Timeline of the Channel migrant crisis

The Government started recording the number of people detected crossing the Channel to the UK in 2018.

The Independent UK

Home Office 'Glasgow does not and will not support barge on Clyde'

Glasgow’s City Council leader has divulged further on what officials told the Home Office following their exploration of a “potential site”…

The National (Scotland)

Scores of delivery riders arrested in London this year amid clampdown on illegal workers

Campaigners and unions say delivery riders are at risk of modern slavery and racial profiling

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm: Workers ‘driven stir-crazy’ on cramped barge ‘not designed for living on’

Exclusive: Former gas worker says barge was used only to ‘eat and sleep’

The Independent UK

Britain is trapped in political purgatory – waiting for its undead government to fall

Policy that can’t work and laws written purely for campaign slogans are clear symptoms of a moribund regime, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Home Office 'wilfully' misrepresenting Scotland's refugee response, minister says

A SCOTTISH Government minister says the Home Office is “wilfully” misrepresenting its work on refugees ...

The National (Scotland)

Removal of murals for kids at Manston asylum centre cost £1,550

The Home Office spent more than £1,500 to remove murals of cartoon characters from an asylum centre that takes in children.

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'I lived on the Bibby Stockholm - it's NOT acceptable to house asylum seekers on it'

THE Bibby Stockholm barge will “feel like a prison” to the desperate asylum seekers fleeing war who are housed there, according to a man who…

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers have ‘right’ to challenge move to Bibby barge – charity

Care4Calais said it had ‘serious concerns’ about the wording of notices issued by the Home Office.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Home Office threatens asylum seekers with homelessness for refusing to move onto barge

Government accused of targeting asylum seekers who have been unable to secure legal representation, as more people move on board

The Guardian - UK

Painting over murals for children at asylum centre cost Home Office £1,550

FoI request reveals cost of work at Manston centre in Kent, where cartoon murals meant to welcome children were painted over

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The Independent UK

Home Office spent £1,500 ‘redecorating’ migrant detention centre where children’s cartoons painted over

Cost revealed for works at previously ‘bright and cheerful’ Manston processing centre

Evening Standard

West London kebab restaurant closed for three months after repeatedly hiring illegal workers

During one enforcement visit, four illegal workers allegedly escaped through a back window

The Independent UK

Minister defends immigration lawyer task force as critics brand it ‘red herring’

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said it was right to root out a ‘tiny minority’ of lawyers damaging the reputation of others.

The National (Scotland)

'Disgusting': Lee Anderson slammed as he tells migrants to 'f*** off back to France'

LEE Anderson has attracted fierce criticism for telling asylum seekers to “f*** off back to France”.

The Independent UK

Lee Anderson tells asylum seekers to ‘f*** off back to France’ if they don’t like barges

Senior Tories share fury as 20 migrants granted last-minute reprieve following legal challenges

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman says new task force to crack down on ‘immoral immigration lawyers’

Critics say announcement focuses on ‘tiny minority of lawyers’ rather than ‘significant asylum claim backlogs’

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman says task force will target ‘crooked immigration lawyers’

Critics say the announcement focuses on a ‘tiny minority of lawyers’ rather than ‘significant asylum claim backlogs’.

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