Britain’s small boats obsession
Overcrowded dinghies used for desperate, dangerous crossings have become totemic in our toxic immigration conversation.
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Inside Labour’s immigration dilemma
The party might keep the Rwanda plan until it has agreed a returns policy with the EU.
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Tragedy in the Channel shows the flaws of the Rwanda plan
The new policy will not put off migrants who are already prepared to risk their lives to reach the UK.
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Children’s commissioner demands data on child refugees from Suella Braverman
Rachel de Souza is calling for Home Office information on children arriving on small boats, and what happens to them…
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Will the new Channel crossing deal help the refugee crisis?
British personnel will take part in beach patrols in France for the first time, and the UK will pay France…
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The politics behind the Manston migrant centre row are even more sinister than they look
The appalling conditions at the asylum seeker processing centre reflect more than the scandal-hit Suella Braverman.
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Tory MPs know what is driving dangerous migrant Channel crossings – they just don’t want to confront it
The fact is Britain will always be an attractive destination for migrants and irregular boat crossings are the only way…
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Why the government’s plan to use the Navy against Channel migrants sounds familiar
To divert attention from the latest scandal, ministers are repeating empty immigration announcements made many times before.
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Dispatch: migrants in Calais are still determined to cross the Channel
The deaths of at least 27 people on the dangerous journey have left migrants in France scared but undeterred.
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Frosty French and British relations are at best childish, at worst deadly
While ministers grandstand, desperate people are preparing to make the dangerous journey across the sea
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