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Debate: Is the decision to house asylum seekers on barges the solution to the migration crisis?
We asked to speak to the Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick, but the Home Office said he wasn’t doing any interviews today. We’re joined from Weymouth by Peter Roper – the Town Mayor of Portland – and here in the studio by Immigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie…
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How is immigration issue splitting the Tory party?
We spoke to Katy Balls, political editor of The Spectator magazine, and asked her how serious the splits in the Conservative party were over immigration?
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How the PM’s immigration bill went from humanitarian to political crisis
The government’s Illegal Migration Bill reaches committee stage tomorrow with Conservative MPs divided over whether the law is too harsh, or not harsh enough. The bill would make it possible to deport any illegal migrant from the UK. A sizeable number of right-wing MPs are demanding an amendment to stop past judgements by the European…
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Migration heading for 250,000 a year by 2026, says Office of Budget Responsibility
Despite government promises to cut the number of people moving to live in the UK to the ‘tens of thousands’, the Office of Budget Responsibility now says net migration will be around 245,000 people a year from 2026.
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Rishi Sunak: UK to fund immigration detention centre in France
Rishi Sunak has pledged to help France tackle illegal Channel crossings and Britain has stumped up – half a billion pounds to build more detention facilities and put more French cops on French beaches.
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Government offering ‘gimmicks and empty promises’ over migration, says Starmer
The immigration debate was the main topic at Prime Minister’s Questions.
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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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A lot of the ‘interminable legal challenges’ to tackle small boats issue will stop, says former Immigration Minister.
We were joined by the former Immigration Minister under David Cameron, and Kent MP, Damian Green.
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Rishi Sunak visits Dover to sell illegal immigration bill
Our political reporter Serena Barker-Singh reports from Dover.
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High Court Rwanda asylum decision ‘very disappointing’, immigration charity says
We spoke to James Wilson, deputy director of Detention Action, one of three organisations which challenged the government’s Rwanda asylum policy in the courts.
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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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‘Take students out of migration figures’ says David Goodhart
To discuss this further are Sunder Katwala from the migration policy think tank, we were joined by British Future and David Goodhart, a journalist and commentator who’s written about immigration.
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UK migration hits all-time high – is it the new normal or a one-off?
Net migration to the UK is at a record high with half a million more people arriving than leaving in the year to June 2022.
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Points-based immigration system should be reformed, says Yvette Cooper
We were joined by the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper.
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Stop ‘cheap labour’ and ‘immigration dependency’, Starmer tells business leaders
It’s likely that the problems plaguing the British economy will stick around for the next couple of years, and therefore past the next general election.