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What is the Rwanda asylum seeker plan and what has been the response?

Charities and MPs have claimed the plans are ‘evil’ and will leave a heavy bill for the taxpayer

Evening Standard

5,000-plus migrants thought to have reached UK this year after crossing Channel

Crossings resumed this week, with large numbers of people arriving in Kent, after few tried the journey in the last week of March amid bad weather.

The Independent UK

Women and children among latest small boat arrivals in the UK

People in lifejackets and blankets have been seen arriving at Dover and Dungeness.

The Independent UK

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Millions of Brits face Easter getaway chaos due to 'chronic understaffing'

Travellers have already endured long waits at terminals in recent weeks, blamed on a spike on airport staff being off because of coronavirus. Experts warn the situation could stretch into the summer

Daily Mirror

Airport chaos could remain for another year amid staff shortage, experts warn

‘It is going to take at least the next 12 months for the industry vacancy-wise to settle down,’ says airport recruiter

The Independent UK

Speed up staff security checks to prevent repeat of airport chaos, say aviation bosses

Bosses are hiring ‘tens of thousands’ of extra employees to cope with the unexpectedly strong surge in bookings since most travel restrictions were lifted in February

Evening Standard

Manchester Airport passengers forced to queue in car park as travel chaos continues

Grim images from Manchester Airport this morning show passengers seemingly queuing in the underground car park outside Terminal 1 as Brits are warned to expect more travel disruptions

Daily Mirror

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More flights cancelled as increased Easter passenger numbers pile on pressure

Heathrow ‘stretched’ but airport pledges to build up resources as quickly as possible

The Guardian - UK

Luxury yacht used to smuggle £160m of cocaine to be sold to highest bidder

The MY Kahu was seized during an operation off the south coast by the NCA and Border Force

Liverpool Echo

Online firearms trade targeted as Port Macquarie man faces court over 3D blueprints

A 3D printer, two spools of 3D filament and multiple electronic devices are among items seized as a Port Macquarie man faces court and authorities crack down on the illegal firearms trade.

ABC News

Customers face travel chaos at Heathrow Airport as staff shortages take toll

Passengers at Heathrow Airport are stuck in long queues as staff shortages continue to cause travel chaos.

Evening Standard

HGVs stopped at service stations to disrupt illegal immigration to the UK

Cheshire Police checked 148 HGVs for illegal immigrants

Liverpool Echo

Army commissioned painting of drones monitoring migrant boats in English Channel

The artwork shows two Watchkeepers flying over dinghies approaching white cliffs, and its caption tells of ‘illegal people-trafficking’.

The Independent UK

Crown Perth royal commission details many failings of WA government and casino regulator

Crown has faced repeated fire for alleged wrongdoing in its casinos, but a WA royal commission final report also points the finger at some less racy targets — the state government and its casino watchdog.

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The Independent UK

‘Fundamental questions remain’ over plan to draft military in to tackle Channel crossings, warn MPs

Government’s decision to put Navy in charge of counter-migration on English coast appears to have been ‘borne of desperation’, says Defence Committee

The Guardian - UK

Experts raise doubts over plan for Royal Navy to control Channel crossings

Exclusive: Critical defence select committee report to come amid growing Tory unease over No 10’s plan

The Independent UK

RNLI and Border Force bring 99 people to safety as they cross English Channel

Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration Tom Pursglove said the rise in dangerous Channel crossings is ‘unacceptable’.

The Independent UK

Migrants brought ashore by RNLI and Border Force after crossing Channel

Those who arrived at Dover on Friday are the latest of more than 1,500 people to have made the crossing this year.

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Man used golden duck statues to smuggle cocaine into UK

Aldo Alushi, 29, was arrested after Class A drugs were seized at Stansted Airport

The Guardian - AU

‘Deeply concerning’: British government picks Alexander Downer to review UK’s border force

Unions have condemned British home secretary Priti Patel’s appointment of the former Australian foreign minister and key architect of the Pacific Solution

The Independent UK

‘Wholly inappropriate’: Dismay as Priti Patel hires Australian asylum tsar to review Border Force

Former Australian foreign minister has vocally backed Channel push-backs and defended the home secretary from ‘widespread ridicule’

The Independent UK

Home Secretary orders ‘wide-ranging’ review of Border Force

Priti Patel has called in a former Australian government minister to oversee the assessment.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel appoints man behind Australia’s ‘inhumane’ asylum offshoring to review Border Force

Alexander Downer negotiated Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ to detain asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Angela Rayner says terror police should ‘shoot first and ask questions later’ – as it happened

Latest updates: follow all the political news and developments from across the UK

The Independent UK

Migrants forced to wait on concrete floor for hours at Dover processing site, say Border Force staff

Exclusive: Immigration Services Union condemns lack of resources at reception site and warns Home Office is now to move arrivals to new facility that is ‘so far off minimum health and safety requirements’

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