2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1708+ words) A journey taken by 140 migrants from a remote Normandy beach to Portsmouth was the westernmost crossing seen in the history of the small boats crisis The 2am mayday call the French coastguard received last Sunday was highly unusual. An inflatable dinghy,…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1680+ words) New French surge teams will help tackle the launch of migrant mega-dinghies like the one that brought 120 asylum seekers to Portsmouth at the weekend – but they may not be in place for weeks. Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (979+ words) 'This is a new level of risk taking – in effect, they are playing Russian roulette with their lives,' one French official said Under the cover of darkness, the two men huddled atop the motorway toll booth gantry outside Calais had…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1227+ words) RAF Barnham is one of three bases being considered by the Home Office to house asylum seekers – but locals are divided The flags and banners outside RAF Barnham convey the strength of local feeling. “No illegals now or ever” reads…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1678+ words) The figure represents a 'profound safeguarding failure', say campaigners Almost 350 unaccompanied child asylum seekers have gone missing from Home Office and council accommodation in the last six years, The i Paper can reveal. More than 1,600 reports of children aged 10 to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (606+ words) Shabana Mahmood plans to double the waiting period for immigrants to qualify for indefinite leave to remain Almost half of voters want migrants who already live and work in the UK to be exempt from tough reforms on UK settlements,…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (277+ words) Anne McElvoy: Progressives preached to voters about migration. Reform reaped the rewards Sooner or later, the heady days of the early Andy Burnham bounce and summer of “money off now” remedies on bus fares, pub business tax caps and some…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1208+ words) The expected deal comes after a spate of smugglers launching so-called “taxi boats” from the country earlier this year The UK and Belgium are on the brink of a new migration deal to help tackle Channel small boat crossings, The…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1616+ words) Jack Straw, who served under Tony Blair, said 'an over-obsession with procedure is now actively undermining our democracy' An explosion in judicial review and public law has made it harder for governments to implement policy in areas such as immigration…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1543+ words) The number of international recruits hired into care jobs has plunged - and this has not been offset by British workers entering the sector Shabana Mahmood’s controversial immigration reforms will deepen the staffing crisis in social care, a union has warned,…...