Search results for ‘asylum’
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‘There are issues to be addressed’ says Chief Executive of the EHRC
The Equality and Human rights watchdog has warned that the Government’s plans to stop people crossing the channel in small boats may breach the UK’s legal obligations. The EHRC said the Illegal Migration Bill
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BBC Chairman under pressure to quit as Gary Lineker crisis continues
Mr Lineker was suspended by the BBC on Friday after refusing to apologise for a tweet criticising the government’s asylum seeker policy.
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Has the Government’s small boats plan put people in Calais off crossing the Channel?
Downing Street is claiming the Home Secretary Suella Braverman didn’t approve an email sent in her name blaming civil servants for the failure to stop asylum seekers in small boats.
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UK and EU must work together to tackle migration challenge, says French MEP
The United Nations refugee agency tonight urged MPs and peers to block the government’s new asylum plans – saying they would be a “clear breach of the Refugee convention” and would undermine Britain’s long-standing humanitarian tradition. We are joined now from Brussels by the French MEP Fabienne Keller – who’s on the parliament’s committee on…
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UN accuses Rwanda of fuelling conflict in DR Congo
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an increasingly bloody conflict between the country’s armed forces and a Tutsi militia group has displaced hundreds of thousands, and threatens to bring chaos to central Africa.
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Sunak outlines new plan to curb illegal migration
As freezing weather brought parts of the country to a halt over the last few days, one thing that didn’t stop was the small boat crossings.
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Minister criticises ‘cheek’ of complaints from migrants
There’s been more criticism of the government’s treatment of asylum applicants, after a Home Office minister claimed that people coming to the UK via small boats had “a bit of a cheek” to complain about their living conditions. Chris Philp was speaking after claims that at least two groups of asylum applicants were left to…
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Sunak U-turn: PM will attend COP27 in Egypt
Rishi Sunak has said he will be going to the COP27 environment summit in Egypt next week – after originally saying he wouldn’t.
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Monkeypox and Covid in Manston detention centre, source says
The Home Office has told us they ‘do not routinely’ process unaccompanied asylum claimants at the Manston facility, and that safeguarding minors is their ‘utmost priority.’ We investigate conditions at Manston and also look at the backlog in the immigration system.
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Monkeypox reports at immigration centre and backlash to Braverman ‘invasion’ comment
A firebomb attack on an immigration processing centre in Dover was likely to have been sparked by ‘some form of hate filled grievance’, according to counter terror police – who have now taken over the investigation.
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Albanian police presence in Kent aims to deter migrants
According to Home Office figures published today, the number of people detected arriving by small boats has more than doubled from nearly 6000 in the first half of 2021 to over 12,700 in the same six month period in 2022.
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Fast track deportation of Albanians planned – as French police clash with people trying to cross Channel
The numbers around migration can be dizzying, the ethics always complicated, and then there’s the politics.
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Syrian refugees stranded on Greek islet after attempting to enter country
Dozens of Syrian refugees are stranded on a Greek islet beside a highly militarised border crossing – as they attempted to enter the country from Turkey to seek asylum.
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‘Anyone is free to express themselves, what people are not free to do is break the law’, says Rwandan government spokesperson
We spoke to Yolande Makolo, who is the spokesperson for the Rwandan government.
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Priti Patel says next Rwanda flight plans underway despite ECHR intervention
Lord Geidt’s resignation comes as the government faces pressure over its asylum policy.