Conceding ground to the House of Lords would “sponsor” the Channel smuggling route, Downing Street has declared. Peers refused to back down over excluding asylum seekers who worked with the British military from deportation to Rwanda. The Government is still refusing to
The Government has dropped its Spring target for the first migrant flight to Rwanda. In a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s hopes of ending the Channel crisis, Number 10 refused to commit to the previous deadline amid a litany of delays.
Peers are expected to mull the Rwanda Bill on Tuesday and could then send it back to the Commons with amendments later in the week, prolonging the process known as parliamentary ping-pong where legislation is batted between the two Houses. Once passed,
James Cleverly has insisted that only people smugglers benefit from a delay to Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plans. The Home Secretary said opponents in the Lords and Labour were trying to take away one of the tools that would deter migrants from making
People smugglers are only giving migrants enough fuel to make it halfway across the Channel, the Daily Express understands. The organised crime gangs are relying on Border Force to rescue asylum seekers from the water because the chances of the dinghies making
The number of Channel crossings will never fall to zero despite intensifying efforts to end the crisis, a senior border chief has admitted. Chris Tilley, Deputy Director of Small Boats Operational Command, warned smuggling gangs have become “numb” to deaths and misery.
One of the “most active” Channel smuggling gangs has been dismantled in an international operation, the Daily Express has learned. Some 15 Iraqi-Kurdish suspects were arrested after a joint investigation by the Belgian, French and German authorities. Eurojust said the 18-month probe
Rogue employers and landlords undermining efforts to end the small boats crisis are just as “deplorable” as the smuggling gangs, the Illegal Migration Minister has declared. Michael Tomlinson said the promise of “work and housing” is the only thing some migrants need
Investigators are targeting the criminals’ convoluted finances, their operations – by seizing boats and engines – while trying to warn those tempted to pay to cross the Channel that they will be deported. The Home Office has seen evidence of migrants abandoning
James Cleverly has declared the Government “must and will do more” to end the small boat crisis after more migrants died attempting to cross the Channel on Friday. At least eight asylum seekers have died this year on four seperate crossings. One