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Gary Lineker to ‘step back’ from presenting Match of the Day after tweets criticising government asylum policy
“We have never said that Gary should be an opinion free zone”, the BBC insisted this evening as they announced that Gary Lineker would not be presenting Match of the Day after his series of tweets criticising the government’s asylum policy and comparing their language to Germany in the 1930s.
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UK should prioritise asylum from countries it has ‘geographic obligation’ to, says Robert Jenrick
We spoke to the Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick, and put it to him that if the Government don’t stop the boats – they are the ones who should be removed.
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New asylum law ‘fraught with legal complications’, says Labour MP Diana Johnson
We were joined by Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Labour MP Diana Johnson.
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Asylum Bill: Rishi Sunak’s plan to ‘detain and remove’ small boat migrants
Stop the boats.’ Spelled out in red capital letters on the Prime Minister’s specially made podium. ‘ As he emphasised that he will only deliver what he can promise and promise what he can deliver, while reassuring the public that Britain was still a compassionate country. Mr Sunak is clearly hoping for a “deterrent effect”. …
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FactCheck: asylum backlog more than ten times higher than in 2010
How big is the asylum backlog – and is it illegal to cross the Channel in a small boat?
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People arriving on small boats are ‘asylum shopping’ says Conservative MP, Jonathan Gullis
Jonathan Gullis is a Conservative MP.
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Sunak’s plan to end asylum seeker claims from small boat arrivals
The prime minister is set to unveil new laws this week to stop people who arrive in the UK on small boats from claiming asylum – declaring “Make no mistake, if you come here illegally you will not be able to stay”.
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Anti-asylum protest “hugely disappointing’ says Liverpool mayor
We spoke to Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, and asked him what he made of the violent protests in Knowsley, at a hotel hosting asylum seekers.
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Anti-asylum protest: fifteen arrested after violent clashes in Merseyside
Fifteen people, including a teenager, have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder after hundreds of far-right protestors clashed with police outside a Merseyside hotel where asylum seekers were being housed. Witnesses said some in the crowd had thrown fireworks at officers and set fire to a police van, although no one was injured.
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Conditions in women’s prison Eastwood Park like ‘a Victorian asylum’, says Chief Inspector of Prisons
Women with acute mental health conditions are being held in “terrible conditions” in a prison with scratched and “blood-splattered” walls, a watchdog has warned.
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FactCheck: 200 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children still missing from UK hotels – what the government has said explained
What is the government doing about asylum-seeking children going missing from hotels and who is legally responsible for their welfare? Here’s what we know so far.
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High Court ruling on Rwanda asylum policy ‘a big win for the government’, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, who strongly backs the Rwanda asylum policy, and began by asking what he thought of today’s judgement.
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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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Government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, High Court rules
The government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was supposed to deter people from trying to cross the Channel to reach the UK on small boats.
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‘We have a broken asylum system’, says former asylum seeker and Bafta winner, Hassan Akkad
Hassan Akkad left Syria to seek asylum in the UK, traveling by small boat and truck. He filmed his story and turned it into a Bafta winning film. He is now a British citizen.
