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‘More than 200 people arrive in Dover after 11-day pause in Channel crossings’

Witnesses reportedly saw large groups being brought ashore by UK Border Force officials on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Up to 230 migrants cross the Channel following 11 day hiatus

Almost 230 migrants crossed the English Channel on Sunday morning.

Evening Standard

Nephew of hero journalist who died in WW2 'emotional' as he visits new memorial

Ian Fyfe was a Daily Mirror reporter who volunteered to travel across the English Channel in a glider to cover the first exchanges of the D-Day landings. He died on June 6, 1944

Daily Mirror

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Warning over killer Asian hornets set to arrive in UK

The insects were spotted on the Channel Islands

Nottingham Post

‘Too soon to tell’ if Rwanda deal is deterring Channel crossings

Former Border Force boss Tony Smith says only time will tell but he believes the ‘early signs are encouraging’.

The Independent UK

Le Shuttle and Eurostar differences explained ahead of cross-Channel getaway

Even though the Channel Tunnel linking the British Isles to mainland Europe has been open for 27 years, there still seems to be some confusion

Wales Online

Dining across the divide: ‘White British people have been conditioned into thinking we are superior’

They agreed about the NHS but butted heads about Channel crossings. Can they find common ground over the right to peaceful protest?• Fancy dining across the divide? Find out how to take part

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Tories abandon plan to turn refugee boats around mid-Channel after furious outcry

Home Secretary Patel had tried to incorporate the policy into the Nationality and Borders Bill back in December, claiming it will curb dangerous crossings and allow Brits to gain control of their borders.

Daily Mirror

Government withdraws migrant pushback policy ahead of High Court challenge

The policy would have allowed border force patrols to intercept migrant vessels in the Channel and return them to France.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel abandons ‘pushbacks’ in Channel days before legal challenge

Government lawyers confirm controversial tactic has been withdrawn, week before hearing was due to begin

The Independent UK

Priti Patel’s refugee pushback policy withdrawn days before legal review

Government lawyers confirm Home Office plan to force small boats back to France has been abandoned

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs reject bid to give parliament say over asylum offshoring amid backlash to Rwanda deal

Labour calls plan ‘extortionate, unworkable and profoundly un-British’

The Independent UK

Tory MPs raise concerns over Rwanda asylum seeker plan as flagship Bill debated

The Nationality and Borders Bill would allow the Government to send asylum seekers and migrants to the African country.

The Independent UK

Grime, chips, tea and fresh air. There’s nowt fancy about ferries, and that’s why I love them

On a trip to the Isle of Man, I marvelled once again at the joy of being aboard a boat, which I’d take over flying or the Channel tunnel any time, writes Adrian Chiles

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The Independent UK

Government vows to jail asylum seekers for steering dinghies across English Channel despite UN warning

UN Refugee Agency says asylum seekers who steer dinghies for no financial gain ‘are not smugglers and should not be prosecuted as such’

The Independent UK

English Channel crossings: The proposed solutions Priti Patel was offered before striking Rwanda deal

Priti Patel accused critics of failing to ‘offer solutions’ but ministers have rebuffed numerous official recommendations since 2019

The Independent UK

Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Independent UK

Critics of Rwanda asylum plan have no solutions to Channel crossings, Priti Patel says

Home Secretary says policy is ‘bold and innovative’

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The Independent UK

Archbishop has misunderstood aims of Rwanda migrants policy – Rees-Mogg

The Cabinet minister suggested people are ‘supporting organised crime’ in crossing the Channel in small boats.

Daily Mirror

Home Office quietly publishes top official's Rwanda refugees warning to Priti Patel

Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a rare 'ministerial direction' for the Rwanda plan to go ahead after official Matthew Rycroft said he couldn't get 'sufficient evidence' it will deter Channel crossings

The Independent UK

More than 6,000 migrants have crossed Channel to UK in small boats this year

The MoD said 181 people made the journey on Good Friday, with more expected during good weather over the Easter weekend.

Glasgow Live

Refugee campaigners to stage Say No To Offshore Detention protest in Glasgow's George Square

Groups are to demonstrate in the city centre against "cruel and immoral" plans to send asylum seekers crossing the Channel thousands of miles away to Rwanda.

Daily Mirror

'Buy British boats for new Border Force fleet to tackle Channel migrant crossings'

The updated National Shipbuilding Strategy outlined plans for 11 new “seagoing and coastal patrol vessels” - but insiders fear they may be bought from abroad

The Independent UK

Navy criticised for using vessels ‘too big’ for job of rescuing Channel migrants

Patrol vessels have been posted in the Channel to oversee operations.

Wales Online

Minister defends move to deploy Royal Navy for English Channel migrant boat patrols

Migration minister Tom Pursglove said the service had been brought in to prevent small boats containing migrants from landing on Britain’s beaches

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