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No more Tory gimmicks – it’s time to get a grip on small boat crossings

No more Tory gimmicks – it’s time to get a grip on small boat crossings

World
Emily Foster

Yet instead of a proper strategy to go after the gangs or tackle some of these problems at source, ministers have spent ...

Britain ‘not interested’ in taking back migrants from Ireland, Sunak warns

Britain ‘not interested’ in taking back migrants from Ireland, Sunak warns

U.K.
William Turner

But the Irish High Court last month ruled that the Irish government’s declaration of the UK as a “safe third country” to ...

A constitutional crisis over Rwanda may be Sunak’s last hope of avoiding wipeout

A constitutional crisis over Rwanda may be Sunak’s last hope of avoiding wipeout

U.K.
William Turner

The Safety of Rwanda Bill is through Parliament after the House of Lords finally bowed to the elected chamber as it is ...

Tory MPs plan for migrant crime league tables

Tory MPs plan for migrant crime league tables

World
Emily Foster

National Crime Agency chiefs have previously warned that a “significant number” of Albanians who had entered the UK illegally were working for ...

Bibby Stockholm Albanian asylum seeker died without knowing he’d been granted right to paid work

Bibby Stockholm Albanian asylum seeker died without knowing he’d been granted right to paid work

U.K.
William Turner

However, the New Labour Government was forced to reverse its 2002 decision in 2005 by the EU under a European law that ...

No firm date for stopping the boats, admits Rishi Sunak

No firm date for stopping the boats, admits Rishi Sunak

U.K.
William Turner

He was also repeatedly asked why his Government was not revealing the overall estimated costs of the Rwanda deportation plan, with flights ...

Hostile states will ‘drive’ migrants to UK and destabilise the West, warns Sunak

Hostile states will ‘drive’ migrants to UK and destabilise the West, warns Sunak

World
Emily Foster

It echoes concerns being raised by some Conservative backbenchers, as well as sentiments being picked up by the party’s strategists in voter ...

Rishi Sunak deploys Whitehall officials to Rwanda as Tory revolt grows

Rishi Sunak deploys Whitehall officials to Rwanda as Tory revolt grows

U.K.
William Turner

Mr Sunak’s plan to block legal challenges to his Rwanda policy through a Bill declaring the country safe has been met with ...