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UK Settlement Grants Hit Highest Level Since 2010 as Nearly 200,000 Migrants Race To Beat Britain's Tightening Residency Rules

The UK granted a record number of settlement permits in 2026, driven by policy changes and a surge in applications from Hong Kong and EU nationals, amid ongoing political debate.

International Business Times UK

How to buy a ‘mega-dinghy’: the perilous new model of Channel crossing

Boats carrying hundreds of people are a clear and alarming trend. But where do such large vessels come from?

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: Small boat deaths and fake image of Andy Burnham running

Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK

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‘Too soon to know’ if Middle East war will affect small boat arrivals – experts

Iranians have made up the largest group of small boat arrivals in the UK in recent years.

Evening Standard

Are asylum seekers really more likely to commit violent crime in the UK?

As claims spread suggesting men from certain backgrounds have a propensity to commit certain crimes, here’s why the statistics fail to provide the full picture

The Guardian - UK

Public and politicians left in dark about true impact of migration on Britain because of gaps in data, report finds

The government does not know how many people are in the country unauthorised - with policymakers unable to make informed choices about asylum claims and ECHR, experts warn

The Independent UK

What do the immigration figures for the UK really show?

Official figures indicate net migration is falling, yet concern among Britons is close to the highest it has been since polling began in 1974

The Guardian - UK

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Is Labour really failing on immigration and asylum hotels?

Though the asylum backlog is at its lowest level since 2021, the government is still housing over 100,000 asylum seekers. A third of these are in hotels, which cost millions a day.

The Independent UK

Hotels, barges, military sites: where can England house people seeking asylum?

Ministers said to be considering a ‘range’ of options after hotel protests and high court ruling – but choices are limited

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: ‘Channel migrants’ in prison and fake ‘Amazon’ deals

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

What’s in the one-in-one-out migrant deal between the UK and France?

Macron and Starmer have agreed a deal aimed at preventing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

Al Jazeera

Starmer and Macron are up against a small boats crisis – but how many migrants cross the Channel and who gets turned away?

IN NUMBERS: SMALL BOATS CRISIS: The prime minister wants a radical deal with French authorities as data shows migration on small boats is at its highest-ever levels despite 4 in 10 migrants being prevented from crossing the Channel. Alicja Hagopian reports

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: Can Macron and Starmer solve the small-boats crisis?

In today’s newsletter: As the French president arrives in the UK for a state visit, tackling migrant crossings in the Channel is top of the agenda

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: More people leave than arrive on current youth mobility schemes

Current schemes, which are mainly with countries with smaller populations, might not accurately predict how future schemes will perform.

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The Guardian - UK

UK ministers draw up law to fast-track removal of migrants arriving from ‘safe’ countries

Disclosure comes as calm weather and fuller boats leading to more Channel arrivals, Home Office says

International Business Times

Migrants Crossing Channel To UK In 2024 Soar By 25 Percent

36RU3N2 The number of irregular migrants arriving in Britain on small boats soared in 2024, data showed Wednesday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stem the dangerous Channel crossings.

The National (Scotland)

Plummeting visa numbers threaten extra strain on NHS, Labour warned

PLUMMETING visa numbers have sparked a warning that falling levels of migration could put further strain on the struggling NHS.

France 24

Can Labour repair the United Kingdom’s fragmented asylum system?

One of the challenges facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government is reforming a costly and dysfunctional asylum system. Rob McNeil, deputy director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, spoke to FRANCE 24 on the new government’s possible next steps to address record levels of irregular migration…

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The Conversation

Election 2024: the UK’s migration situation in five charts

Migration tends to be discussed as a monolithic issue. But it is a complex suite of processes, including the movements of highly skilled workers such as doctors, scientists, and Premier League footballers, as well as lower-paid workers like carers and seasonal fruit pickers.

Evening Standard

What are the UK's family and work visa rules?

The Government announced its new strategy in December 2023 - but is it about to change again?

The Independent UK

Nearly 2.6 million migrants in UK without welfare safety net, research finds

Number of people on visas with no right to access welfare rises by over one million in two years

The Guardian - UK

UK net migration will start falling to pre-Brexit levels, analysis shows

Students and recent arrivals will begin to return and current record figure of 606,000 will be halved in coming years

The Independent UK

UK net migration unlikely to fall below pre-Brexit figures, say experts

But figures are likely to fall sharply from the current record high over the coming years, according to the Migration Observatory.

The Guardian - UK

UK risks becoming reliant on overseas care workers, report warns

Analysis suggests demand for foreign staff has left care homes and NHS open to ‘vulnerabilities’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and Braverman must look beyond borders to resolve net immigration row

Home secretary’s proposal to cut work visas likely to exacerbate post-Brexit staff shortages in low-wage industries

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