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Small boat arrivals to the UK are falling. But no one really knows why
13+ hour, 35+ min ago (1442+ words) The number of small boat arrivals to the UK is down 42 per cent on the previous year Small boat crossings to the UK have almost halved while the irregular crossings to Europe are down almost 40 per cent so far this…...
What some are already getting very wrong about Shabana Mahmood
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (620+ words) The frontrunner for the position of chancellor in Andy Burnham’s cabinet widely expected to be Shabana Mahmood. Some commentators have already taken to criticising the potential move, in a way that Helen MacNamara has branded ‘annoying’ and Cleo Watson called…...
More migrants have arrived in UK than were sent back under France deal
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UK returned 1,100 migrants to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (305+ words) The migrant deal is intended to curb English Channel crossings The UK’s "one in, one out" migrant agreement with France has seen more asylum seekers arrive than depart in its initial 11 months, official figures reveal. Home Office data, released on…...
Male migrants at immigration centre ‘caught looking into women’s bedrooms’
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (490+ words) Female migrants at the centre have been unable to get around without a staff escort, a report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons said Male detainees at an immigration centre have been caught looking into women’s bedrooms, while female migrants…...
Mahmood sets out plan to allow deportation of Rochdale grooming gang leader
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (666+ words) The government has also indicated that Pakistan could be threatened with visa restrictions unless it takes back Shabir Ahmed Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has set out laws that could pave the way to deport the ringleader of the Rochdale grooming…...
Trump promotes far-right pundit who was banned from UK for ‘fostering hatred’
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Blonde highlights and pate: Embassy staff reveal the strangest requests they have had
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (388+ words) The FCDO said it received the equivalent of more than 900 calls a day A Brit on holiday in Jordan asked the embassy if they knew where to get blonde highlights and another in Nigeria rang embassy staff to complain about…...
Mahmood to close legal loophole blocking grooming gang leader’s deportation
1+ week, 2+ day ago (158+ words) Shabir Ahmed: Mahmood to close legal loophole blocking grooming gang leader’s deportation The Independent Mahmood to close legal loophole blocking grooming gang leaderâs deportation - Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce plans to amend a decades-old law to…...
Shabana Mahmood will change law to allow deportation of Rochdale grooming gang leader
1+ week, 3+ day ago (396+ words) The Government has been examining ways to deport Shabir Ahmed, 73, since his release last week The Home Secretary is poised to amend a decades-old law to allow the deportation of a Rochdale grooming gang leader who was released from prison…...