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Move designed to demonstrate PM’s commitment to ‘stop the boats’ policy criticised by legal experts

Critics say the announcement focuses on a ‘tiny minority of lawyers’ rather than ‘significant asylum claim backlogs’.

President campaigned on ending private immigrant detention, but has increased use of it compared to Trump

Government is difficult but there is at least one basic principle to political communication: talk about popular things. If the economy is growing, that’s all that matters. If exam results are up, what could be more important than our children’s education? If NHS waiting lists are falling, this is evidence…

Legal experts say the governor is twisting the Constitution, but that hasn’t stopped him from ramping up military action at the border, Josh Marcus reports

Britain on Monday began housing migrants on board a barge docked off the southwest English coast, in its latest controversial immigration policy that has drawn heavy criticism from locals and rights campaigners.

After initially supporting the governor’s efforts to stem illegal immigration, many residents say Operation Lone Star has gone too far.

Home Office argues ‘illegal working and renting are significant pull factors for migrants crossing the Channel’

Government announces higher penalties from next year in attempt to reduce ‘pull factors’ for people making small boat crossings

The first asylum seekers will go on to the Bibby Stockholm barge “in the coming days”, the immigration minister has said after a series of…

Robert Jenrick insisted the vessel is ‘safe’ after the firefighters’ union claimed it is a ‘potential deathtrap’