Labour believes the Government's flagship Rwanda scheme is 'not credible' and Sir Keir Starmer yesterday said he's 'not going to flog a dead horse' should he win
Abdul Usman, who claims to be a 17-year-old from Sudan, has been living in a tent 'jungle' for seven months at Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk. He insisted that nothing would deter him from reaching Britain.
The group of young men came out of the dunes and stormed a vessel full of asylum seekers paying up to £1000-a-head to reach Britain.
British Home Secretary James Cleverly is visiting Italy as part of the U.K. government’s efforts to crack down on migrants arriving by small boats
LONDON (AP) — British Home Secretary James Cleverly is visiting Italy as part of the U.K. government’s efforts to crack down on migrants arriving by small boats. Officials say Tuesday that Cleverly will meet his Italian counterpart, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, and discuss how Italy and Britain can expand their joint work to stop migrants
“The deterrent is already having an impact because people are worried about coming here”
James Cleverly insisted that the Home Office's plans to initiate the Rwanda deportation scheme was 'robust' - and confirmed a number of flights had already been booked.
Some 6,265 people have arrived in Britain by dinghy since January, the Home Office said yesterday - a 24 per cent rise on the same period of 2023.
Ministers have repeatedly vowed tough action on those entering the UK illegally, promising they will be removed with no right to return.
The Prime Minister wants to counter a spike in Vietnamese arrivals by agreeing a returns deal similar to one which led to a dramatic fall in Albanian migrants.
Mustaf Cunaj, 41, was part of a network of traffickers, which smuggled some 10,000 migrants into the UK. He has now been jailed for nine years.
Migrants in Dublin's tent city today thanked Rishi Sunak for refusing to allow them back to Britain as they 'don't want to go to Rwanda'. Among those sleeping under canvas is Otumba (pictured).