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Britain to Detail Plan to Ban Asylum for Channel Migrants

Britain's government will on Tuesday set out plans for a new law barring those entering the country through unofficial routes from claiming asylum, in a bid to stop tens of thousands of migrants arriving on its shores in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping boat arrivals one…

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Forty-three times the Conservatives tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

From jetski patrols to Rwanda deportations, the Tories have not been short of schemes to deter small boats

The Guardian - UK

Sunak small boats plan will ‘push boundaries of international law’, says Braverman

Home secretary to be placed under new legal duty to deport people coming across Channel

The Independent UK

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Tuesday briefing: 43 ways the Conservatives have tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

In today’s newsletter: As Rishi Sunak unveils new plans to solve the small boats crisis, here’s a guide to dozens of previous initiatives that have fallen short

The Guardian - UK

Braverman seeks to backdate Channel crossings law amid fears of rush

Proposed law, criticised as cruel and unworkable, could be made to apply retrospectively from Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak resorts to Channel 'gimmick' as he fails to get France to take back arrivals

The Prime Minister will travel to Paris on Friday, but has failed to persuade French President Emmanuel Macron to take back asylum seekers who cross the Channel

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak's small boats plans will cause 'extra pain and misery', claims SNP MP

The UK Government is set to outline plans which will prevent people who cross the Channel illegally from being able to claim asylum.

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Small boat crossings of the English Channel: Key numbers

Albanians accounted for 45% of crossings in July-September 2022 but only 9% in October-December.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak hit by backlash at bid to end small boat crisis

Plan to stop boats won’t work, says Tory heavyweight

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak small boats plan ‘unworkable’ and won’t clear parliament, says Labour

Keir Starmer suggests move is political tactic ahead of May’s local elections

The Independent UK

Legislation to stop Channel boats ‘unworkable’, Rishi Sunak warned

Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday to tackle small boats crossings in the Channel

Evening Standard

Upcoming small boats legislation ‘unworkable’, Sunak warned

Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday to tackle small boats crossings in the Channel.

The Independent UK

Sunak isn’t halting migrant boats or chasing traffickers: he’s just chasing headlines again

The PM’s latest plan is to make asylum claims inadmissible for people who arrive on small boats. But the real aim is to talk tough to save himself, says Diane Taylor, writer on civil liberties and human rights

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak's 'half-baked' immigration plan 'will punish desperate refugees'

Critics have warned proposed legislation banning people who come here on small boats from making asylum claims will bring chaos while failing to end the dangerous Channel crossings

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak vow to ‘stop small boats’ doomed to fail, claim senior Conservatives

Exclusive: PM is ‘over-promising’, top Tories tells The Independent ahead of controversial new legislation

Wales Online

New powers to 'stop the boats' will mean arrivals can't claim asylum

The move could come as soon as Tuesday

The Independent UK

Government prepares to unveil new powers to ‘stop the boats’

The legislation, promised as part of Government efforts to tackle illegal migration, could come as soon as Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Three lifeboats launched after fire breaks out on ferry in Channel

Irish Ferries says all passengers and crew are accounted for after flames discovered in engine room

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The Independent UK

Lifeboats deployed from UK and France after fire on board ferry in the Channel

HM Coastguard said it was alerted to a fire on board the Isle of Innisfree ferry, which is now being tugged to Calais.

Manchester Evening News

Lifeboats scrambled to ferry in English Channel with 183 people on board due to 'ongoing incident'

It's understood a fire broke out onboard the passenger ferry between Dover and Calais

Wales Online

Fire breaks out on ferry carrying 183 people across the Channel

Rescuers scrambled lifeboats to the scene between Dover and Calais

The Independent UK

Lifeboats scrambled after fire breaks out on ferry carrying 183 people in Channel

Coastguard alerted after blaze erupts

Daily Mirror

Ferry catches fire in English Channel with 183 people on board as lifeboats scramble

The ship, carrying 94 passengers and 89 crew, is now at anchor in the Channel after the fire was contained and extinguished following a 'technical fault' as it sailed between Dover and Calais

The Guardian - UK

Only 22 Afghans resettled in UK under ‘pathway’ to help vulnerable refugees

Charity says disparity with 8,633 Afghans who arrived in small boats last year shows lack of functioning route

Wales Online

Just 22 people resettled in UK from Afghanistan via government scheme while 8,633 crossed Channel in boats

The Refugee Council said the Government needed to 'urgently rethink its approach'

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