7+ hour, 30+ min ago   (519+ words) The UK and France are boosting police officer numbers on the French coast to stop “mega dinghies” from launching across the English Channel, Downing Street said as Andy Burnham prepared to host Emmanuel Macron. The Prime Minister will welcome the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (391+ words) Protesters are expected to gather outside a former RAF base which could be used to house asylum seekers, after anti-immigration disorder in nearby Thetford earlier this week. The Home Office announced in June that it was considering using Barnham Camp…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (564+ words) An MP has hit out at Home Office plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Linton-on-Ouse near York. Sir Alec Shelbrooke said the government would be “riding roughshod” over the local democratic process if it did not commit to sending…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (586+ words) Further arrests have been made in Thetford after people attempted to storm homes linked to asylum seekers and police officers were assaulted. Two men were arrested on Thursday, Norfolk Police said, following two nights of disorder in the market town....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (187+ words) Two men thought to be migrants have arrived in the UK after rowing a tiny dinghy across the Channel. Pictures show the boat arriving at the Border Security Command compound in Dover, Kent on Saturday. The men are understood to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (277+ words) Migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel for a second day since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister. Crossings continued on Thursday during warm, sunny weather and calm conditions at sea. Pictures from Dover show men and women…...

2+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (512+ words) New Home Office plans for an asylum centre at the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base were already damaging the village, campaigners have warned. Members of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority heard yesterday (Thursday, July 2) that uncertainty over the plans…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (580+ words) A government minister has defended plans to reopen the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse as an asylum centre. Alex Norris, Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum, told the House of Commons that officials were “looking seriously” at using…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (511+ words) Campaigners say they are “dusting down the banners” in preparation for a new fight over plans to build an asylum centre on a former North Yorkshire RAF base. Linton-on-Ouse Action Group has reformed after the Home Office earmarked RAF Linton-on-Ouse…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (237+ words) Shabana Mahmood has asked Sir Keir Starmer to sack her immigration minister for suggesting foreign care workers should be exempt from her plans to tighten settlement rules. In an article for The Times, Mike Tapp said his “strong belief” was…...