Home Office expects to support up to 140,000 asylum seekers after record Channel crossings Home secretary’s lawyers tell High Court situation is ‘emergency’ as council battles asylum camp at RAF base The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023
Britain expects up to 56,000 immigrants to arrive in small boats this year Britain is anticipating that 56,000 migrants will cross the Channel in small boats to its shores this year, court documents show, meaning it would be need to house as many as 140,000 asylum seekers. Reuters · Apr 19, 2023
Nottinghamshire Conservative candidate suspended after posting on Facebook about 'stoning' refugees He posted on Facebook in 2021 about 'stoning' refugees who cross the Channel Nottingham Post · Apr 18, 2023
Channel crossings top 5,000 for the year so far Figures show more than 100 migrants arrived in the UK on Monday after making the journey. The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023
English Channel migrant crossings pass 5,000 in 2023 Numbers rising after bad weather stopped crossings for five days, raising questions over government ‘deterrent’ strategy The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023
Tories FINALLY suspend candidate who posted on Facebook about 'stoning' Channel migrants Stuart Peach is standing for the Conservatives in Ashfield where party deputy chairman Lee Anderson is the MP. It is too late to remove him from the ballot paper where he will be listed as a Tory candidate Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2023
Orient Express set to scrap plans for UK line because of Brexit delays The Orient Express has dropped the London-to-Folkestone leg of the route because it has become too difficult to cross the Channel after the UK's departure from the European Union Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2023
Tory candidate posted on Facebook about 'stoning' refugees who cross the Channel The Conservative Party is refusing to say whether it will take any disciplinary action against Stuart Peach. He is standing to become a councillor in Ashfield where Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson is the MP Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2023
Orient Express scraps UK service because of Brexit Delays crossing the Channel mean it is now no longer viable to run the service Wales Online · Apr 15, 2023
Nearly 45,000 Channel migrants arrived in UK in 12 months since Rwanda deal Former home secretary Priti Patel signed the agreement with the east African nation in April 2022 Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2023
Sunak: I can’t be sure small boats will be stopped before election PM calls fulfilling Channel crossings pledge ‘complicated’ in wide-ranging ConservativeHome interview The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2023
Tories believe Channel crossings will INCREASE despite PM's pledge to 'stop the boats' Ministers are under pressure to clamp down on people-smuggling gangs as record numbers of migrants are expected to risk their lives making perilous journeys in small boats Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2023
Suella Braverman’s rhetoric labelled 'racist' by Tory peer Home Secretary comes under fire from Baroness Sayeeda Warsi for singling out small boats crossing the Channel and British Pakistani grooming gangs Wales Online · Apr 12, 2023
Home Office admits no evidence to support key claim on small boat crossings Exclusive: UK government concedes it cannot substantiate assertion that majority crossing Channel are economic migrants The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2023 Cheap flights, Brexit, now Dover chaos – is this the end of the road for continental coach tours? While many operators still ply the cross-Channel route, some businesses are focusing instead on domestic trips
The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2023 Travellers crossing Channel from UK face 90-minute delays on Good Friday Ferry operators expect bank holiday weekend to be busy with ‘large queues’ at entrance to Dover port
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023 Lifeboat crew rescues group of people after small boats incident in Channel A large group of rescued people were photographed arriving at a beach in Dungeness, Kent on Tuesday.
Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2023 Location chosen for mega-barge that will house 500 asylum seekers on the British coast The gigantic barge named Bibby Stockholm was deemed an 'oppressive environment' when it was used by the Dutch government to house asylum seekers in 2005
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023 Channel crossings down 17% in first quarter of the year compared with 2022 Amid changeable weather conditions at sea, no crossings have been recorded since March 29.
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023 E-scooter firms pledge to continue UK operations despite Paris ban vote Dott and Tier said their e-scooters will remain available for use on this side of the Channel.
The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023 Should refuge be granted to Afghan war heroes who served with UK forces? Have your say in our poll Afghans now account for the largest number of small boat migrants, with more than 9,000 having made the Channel crossing in 2022
Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2023 Huge new Legoland theme park gets scrapped but three more are planned for 2025 A new version of the colourfully themed resort Legoland was due to be constructed just across the Channel in Belgium, near Charleroi Airport, but it has now been ditched
Wales Online · Mar 29, 2023 Migrants to be housed in Army bases and barges to curb hotel use Thousands of people arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel has caused demand to rise
Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2023 Tory storm erupts on when to bring in safe and legal migrant routes Backbench MPs say they want routes for asylum seekers to be set up in tandem with new measure to cut Channel numbers
Daily Mirror · Mar 26, 2023 Majority of Brits want ministers to open safe routes for refugees, poll shows Rishi Sunak has pledged to open new safe routes, but has failed to give details or a timeframe for when it will happen - a new poll shows the public wants ministers to take action