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French police arrest six people after migrants' bodies found on northern beach

Authorities have arrested six people after the bodies of two migrants were found on a northern France beach following a failed bid to cross the Channel and reach Britain, French prosecutors said Monday.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 11, 2025

Flagship immigration and asylum reforms clear first Commons test

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the measures would ‘strengthen UK border security’ although concerns were raised by some Labour MPs and the Tories.

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

Inside Home Office deportations as 19,000 illegal migrants and foreign criminals removed from UK

Social media campaigns warning about the dangers of illegal working in Britain have gone live in Vietnam and Albania, but migrants continue to cross the Channel

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

Thousands of illegal workers arrested in Government border security crackdown

The drive comes as the Government’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is set to be debated in the House of Commons.

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

'Shocking' UK Reality TV Show Retraces Refugee Journeys

Britain's newest reality TV show has been slammed as "insensitive", "voyeuristic" and even "nauseating" for recreating with six Britons the often fatal journeys made by thousands of refugees to the UK. Bluntly titled "Go Back to Where You Came From", the part-documentary, part-reality TV show by Channel 4 follows the…

International Business Times · Feb 9, 2025

Go Back to Where You Came From review: should this be called 'I'm a Bigot, Get Me Out of Here!'?

3.5/5 Channel 4’s new documentary sends a group of people with anti-immigration views over to exactly where refugees come from, to see if this changes their views, with mixed results

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

Planned UK people-smuggling laws risk ‘criminalising’ asylum seekers, charities say

Bill could mean asylum seekers crossing the Channel who refuse rescue may face five years in prison

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

UK Unveils 'Counter-terror Style' Police Powers To Stop Migrants

The UK government introduced legislation Thursday designed to give law enforcement officials "counter-terror style powers" to break up gangs bringing irregular migrants across the Channel in flimsy boats.

International Business Times · Jan 30, 2025

Up to one in 12 people living in London is an illegal migrant, according to report

Sixty percent of undocumented migrants in UK said to be residing in London

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025

Three men who drowned trying to cross Channel were ‘unlawfully killed’

Coroner’s conclusion follows Ibrahima Bah’s conviction for gross negligence manslaughter over dinghy sinking in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025