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Suella Braverman flies 19 miles to Manston asylum centre by Chinook helicopter

Home Secretary Suella Braverman travelled the short distance from Dover to Manston - 30 minutes in a car - by £30 million, twin-rotor support aircraft - so she could look at the Channel coastline. There weren't any boats.

Daily Mirror

Tory disquiet over Channel crossings shakes projection of unity under Sunak

Some MPs says PM’s vociferous defence of Suella Braverman shows a failure to properly grasp the issue

The Guardian - UK

Migrant crisis is down to failed policies – not Albanians, says nation’s PM

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has singled out Albanian asylum seekers after a big increase in the numbers of them crossing the Channel.

The Independent UK

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Stop blaming us for your migrant crisis, Albania’s Prime Minister tells Suella Braverman

Albania’s PM accuses Braverman of singling out Albania to ‘excuse policy failures’

Evening Standard

Braverman told to stop targeting Albanians to ‘excuse failures’ by nation’s PM

The Home Secretary was criticised by Edi Rama for using ‘easy rhetoric’ that ‘ignores hard facts’.

The Independent UK

These Channel boats demand serious solutions, not screams of ‘invasion’

Immigration is back on the news agenda and it’s as raw, difficult and upsetting as ever. The petrol bombing of a migrant centre in Dover was sickening and took me right back to the murder of Jo Cox.

Evening Standard

What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but is already struggling with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

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France and UK need to do more on Channel migrant crisis, Cabinet minister admits

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the authorities on both sides of the English Channel needed to step up work to tackle small boat crossings.

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: The reality behind Suella Braverman’s claims of an asylum seeker ‘invasion’

In today’s newsletter: Veteran home affairs journalist Alan Travis weighs in for this survey, by the numbers, of how immigration became the dominant feature of the Home Office’s brief – and a near-constant issue

The Guardian - UK

Albania criticises UK’s lack of cooperation over Channel crossings

Government sources in Tirana say UK has failed to provide information or agree a deportation deal

The Guardian - UK

Minister warns small boat crisis to worsen as Suella Braverman row deepens

We’ll need radical options to solve migrant crisis, says Robert Jenrick

Evening Standard

UK minister under fire for calling migrants an 'invasion'

Britain’s interior minister is facing criticism for describing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats as an “invasion.”

The Independent UK

Asylum system chaos: All your questions answered - including how much it really costs

The number of migrants to have crossed the Channel in small boats this year has now hit 39,897 - here The Mirror answers all your questions on the ongoing crisis

Daily Mirror

Briton rescued from Channel after days clinging to buoy was ‘trying to kayak to Spain’

Father of 28-year-old said he ‘just broke up with his girlfriend’

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The Independent UK

Braverman faces down criticism over deepening migrant crisis

The Home Secretary described the numbers arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel as an ‘invasion on our southern coast’.

The National (Scotland)

Home Secretary calls Channel crossings 'an invasion' in 'disgusting' comments

HOME Secretary Suella Braverman has sparked outrage over describing the number of migrants crossing The Channel as an “invasion”.

The Guardian - UK

Police urged to treat Dover attack as terrorism, as suspect’s home searched

Councillor warns immigration centre assault could inspire more incidents amid anti-refugee rhetoric

The Independent UK

The problems at Manston and how the Government is tackling the migrant crisis

The Manston short-term holding facility is now where security and identity checks are carried out on migrants after they arrive in the UK.

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The Independent UK

What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but is already struggling with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

France 24

Incendiary devices thrown into Dover immigration centre, say British police

An attacker on Sunday threw firebombs at an immigration office used to process asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats as the government seeks to curb record arrivals.

Liverpool Echo

Warning over Christmas travel chaos as UK Border Force votes to strike over pay

The strike will directly affect Christmas goods and food supplies

The Independent UK

‘Immense pressure’: Immigration minister visits migrant centre as safety fears grow

Nearly 40,000 people have arrived in the country so far this year after making the treacherous crossing from France

The Independent UK

Only 0.3% of migrants arrested for crossing Channel under ‘cruel and pointless’ new law

Priti Patel told parliament that making all small boat crossings a crime would deter asylum seekers

Radio France Internationale

Britain, France agree greater cooperation on Channel crossings by migrants

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron in their first call since Sunak took office agreed on Friday on greater cooperation to prevent migrants crossing the Channel, the British government said.

Evening Standard

Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak discuss Channel migrant crossings on first telephone conference

The two leaders will meet next year after holding first phone call, Number 10 says

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