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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 · May 1, 2022

Up to 230 migrants cross the Channel following 11 day hiatus

Almost 230 migrants crossed the English Channel on Sunday morning.

Evening Standard · May 1, 2022

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 · Apr 29, 2022

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 · Apr 25, 2022

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 · Apr 25, 2022

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Government lawyers confirm controversial tactic has been withdrawn, week before hearing was due to begin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 · Apr 25, 2022

Priti Patel’s refugee pushback policy withdrawn days before legal review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 · Apr 25, 2022

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 · Apr 20, 2022

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 · Apr 20, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2022