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Royal Navy tasked with stopping 100% of migrants trying to cross the Channel

Critics say that is such a tall order it will be impossible to deliver - and should not be the Navy’s job anyway.

Daily Mirror

Migrants forced to wait on concrete floor for hours at Dover processing site, say Border Force staff

Exclusive: Immigration Services Union condemns lack of resources at reception site and warns Home Office is now to move arrivals to new facility that is ‘so far off minimum health and safety requirements’

The Independent UK

‘We thought we’d die’ – after their treacherous journeys, what awaits the refugees landing on British beaches?

Many of the thousands of people who attempt the deadly Channel crossing in tiny boats land in towns like Folkestone. Local resident James Harkin meets some on the shore

The Guardian - UK

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Brexit, one year on: Is life in the UK better without Europe?

Is the United Kingdom better off without Europe? Did the country make a risky choice by leaving the EU one year ago? Our reporters Jonathan Walsh and Clovis Casali crossed the Channel to understand the consequences of Brexit on the daily lives of citizens. From London to Belfast, via Boston…

France 24

British navy rejects plan to push back Channel migrant boats

Britain's navy has rejected a plan to turn away boats illegally carrying migrants to its shores when it takes over responsibility for trying to stop people crossing the English Channel in small dinghies.

Reuters

Priti Patel falsely tells MPs most Channel boat passengers are not asylum seekers

Home secretary lashes out at ‘economic migrants’ after Home Office report says almost all boat passengers claim asylum

The Independent UK

Priti Patel says Macron ‘absolutely wrong’ over Channel crossings

Home secretary rebuffs French claim UK immigration policy encourages people to risk dangerous journey

The Guardian - UK

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Priti Patel slaps down Macron and her own colleague over migrants' boats in Channel

The Home Secretary slapped down Defence Minister James Heappey and also the French President Emmanuel Macron as a row continues over how to tackle Channel crossings

Daily Mirror

France's Macron is wrong on illegal migration to Britain - Patel

French President Emmanuel Macron is wrong to say Britain's immigration policy is encouraging migrants to risk their lives crossing the Channel from France, British interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday.

Reuters

‘Hypocritical’ Britain to blame for every Channel migrant drowning, says Macron

French president vows to ‘step up the pressure’ on UK but Priti Patel brands his comments ‘absolutely wrong’

The Independent UK

Armed counter-terrorism officers to be deployed on British cross-Channel ferries

Move will tighten security on passenger vessels, which are unguarded and seen as vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel ‘misleading’ public by calling Channel crossings illegal after court rules asylum seekers not committing crime

Exclusive: Home secretary and ministers have continued to call crossings ‘illegal’ in parliament despite ruling

The Independent UK

Home Office defends right to seize Channel asylum seekers’ phones

Lawyers representing home secretary apologise for secrecy but tell high court that policy is lawful

The Guardian - UK

Home Office admits unlawful secret policy to seize all Channel migrants’ phones

Asylum seekers had all possessions seized, despite committing no crime, amid Home Office ‘misunderstanding’ over law

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The Independent UK

Government accused of ‘hiding’ as MoD refuses to answer questions on Channel crossing involvement

Former Navy and Border Force officials raise alarm about plan to draft in military to combat rise in cross-Channel migration, warning that Navy vessels could serve as ‘honey pot’ and incentivise crossings

The Independent UK

Solution for tackling migrant crossings ‘not at sea’, MPs told

The Prime Minister signed off plans for the military to take over command of the operation from Border Force.

The Independent UK

Genocide survivors urge compassion for migrants ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

It comes after more than 28,000 people crossed the English Channel illegally to try to reach the UK last year.

France 24

EU Commissioner for migration & asylum urges 'clarity' from UK over Channel crossings

2022 is not yet one month old, but already around a thousand people have made "irregular" crossings from France to the United Kingdom – putting a spotlight back onto the issue of migration between the European Union and its former member state. Margaritis Schinas is European Commission Vice-President, and the…

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Sending in the Royal Navy is not the answer to small boat migration in the Channel

The Home Office has announced a plan to bring in the Royal Navy to take charge of policing the English Channel after the number of migrants attempting the crossing in small boats tripled in 2021. Full details of the plan have not been revealed, but appear to involve the navy…

The Independent UK

Could the boat train be back for Channel crossings?

Deck Talk: Slow travel that also gets you from city to city, gently

The Independent UK

Government accused of having ‘no plan’ to reduce Channel crossings as Ghana denies offshoring talks

Plans to draft military in to tackle small boat arrivals branded ‘desperate’ by MPs

The Independent UK

Home Office denies plans to use sonic devices against migrant boats in Channel

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper accused No 10 of chasing headlines

Wales Online

Home Office denies plans to use sonic devices against migrant boats

According to reports, Number 10 wanted to use Long-Range Acoustic Devices to deter migrants from crossing the Channel

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s plan for military to tackle Channel crossings will aid people smugglers, says ex-navy chief

Move will offer traffickers ‘efficient conduit’, says Lord West

The Independent UK

Questions over plan for Royal Navy to take charge of tackling migrant crossings

Critics branded the plan ‘cruel and inhumane’ and raised concerns about the Royal Navy being diverted from other priorities.

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