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The Home Secretary visited Dovecot this afternoon

Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) nationals will be exempted from the visa requirements to enter the UK as of 2023 and benefit from the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) scheme. The ambassadors of the GCC countries in London met with British Home Secretary Priti Patel at the Bahraini Embassy.

Albanians were rarely seen on migrant boats arriving on the south coast before this year.

76% of asylum seekers are now being having their claims accepted by the UK - yet under the Rwanda scheme, thousands of them will be ruled 'inadmissible' to file a claim at all

Fewer than 1,000 Albanian offenders have been deported from the UK since a removals agreement was signed last year.

Checks on migrants arriving by boat who are suspected of being Albanian will be fast-tracked, it is understood

Government officials believe around 60% of migrants making the crossing each day now are Albanian.

The Home Secretary urged law enforcers to “go harder” after dirty money in London

Minister says up to next PM whether she stays on – as campaigners call for Rwanda policy to be dropped