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Lee Anderson claims Calais refugee charities ‘just as bad as people smugglers’

Controversial MP accuses organisations of ‘fuelling’ migrants’ desire to cross Channel in small boats

Evening Standard

Sunak’s promise to ‘stop the boats’ is destined to fail without asylum reform

A new humanitarian visa, giving a safe route to the UK, must be part of the answer to the refugee crisis, says a thinktank

The Guardian - UK

‘Humanitarian visa’ could cut number of asylum seekers reaching UK by boat

A cross-party group is urging Suella Braverman to adopt plan that would allow 40,000 people a year to seek asylum in Britain

The Guardian - UK

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Number of migrants crossing Channel this year passes 2,500

Government figures show 204 people made the journey on Tuesday in five boats.

The Independent UK

Investigation launched into Channel migrant boat tragedy in December

The incident took place on December 14 and resulted in the death of four people.

The Independent UK

Asteroid lights up sky over Channel creating shooting star effect

Scientists predict asteroid strike for only seventh time as 1-metre object enters Earth’s atmosphere

The Guardian - UK

Top Tory admits divisive Rwanda deportation plan only has 'marginal' benefits

International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell's comments are at odds with the Government after Rishi Sunak made it a key priority to stop people making the perilous Channel crossing in small boats

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Number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats this year passes 2,000

There have now been more crossings in 2023 than in January and February of 2022 combined

Wales Online

Total number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats passes 2,000

There have now been more crossings in 2023 than in January and February of 2022 combined.

The Independent UK

Children fleeing danger in small boats should be deported, says Tory thinktank

Policy Exchange paper envisages sidestepping Human Rights and Modern Slavery acts to eliminate legal challenges

The Guardian - UK

Braverman dodges question on timescale for stopping Channel crossings

The Government is set to publish legislation designed to stop migrants crossing the English Channel to the UK in small boats.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak rebukes Tory vice-chair for backing death penalty

Lee Anderson, who was given role on Tuesday, also called for a naval ‘standoff’ in the Channel over small boats

The Guardian - UK

Brexit caused small boats crisis in English Channel, report finds

Rishi Sunak should admit ‘main factor’ behind problem so he can fix it, says Durham University study

The Independent UK

Six Channel migrant smuggling gang members sentenced in France

The group was smuggling boats, engines and life jackets into France before charging migrants 1,500 euros to cross the Channel.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent

Border Force ships brought a number of people to Dover after intercepting a number of boats.

Daily Mirror

Tory slams Rishi Sunak's 'phoney war' against European human rights rules

Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price insisted the Prime Minister should tackle the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats by getting the Home Office into shape rather than trying to pick a fight with the courts

The Guardian - UK

Mother whose children were sent across Channel without her arrives in UK

Woman tells how people-smugglers launched three children, aged 14, nine and five, on dinghy and left her behind

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak wants to ban migrants coming on boats from appealing deportation

Rishi Sunak is considering plans to stop asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats appealing against their deportation, according to reports.

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak ‘plans to stop deportation appeals’ for people who reach UK in small boats

Home Office reportedly proposed two options to try to prevent those crossing Channel from claiming asylum

Birmingham Post

Brittany Ferries planning to bring French tourism boost to Plymouth

The cross-channel operator is involved in a new partnership initiative being funded by VisitBritain

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s migration plan ‘would have left 45,000 in permanent limbo last year’

Refugee Council warns tens of thousands who crossed Channel to UK in 2022 would have been detained indefinitely under proposals

The Independent UK

Home Office resumes responsibility for stopping small boat crossings

Boris Johnson handed leadership for operations in the Channel to the Royal Navy in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants.

The Guardian - UK

French coastguard rescues 83 people from small boats crossing Channel

Passengers taken to Calais after two vessels got into difficulty near Gravelines on north coast of France

The Independent UK

French coastguard rescues 83 migrants on UK-bound small boats

People on two boats were rescued in the Channel on Sunday, as the number of migrants who have made the crossing so far in 2023 nears 1,000.

Evening Standard

Grayson Perry’s Full English on Channel 4 review: a typically incisive look at what it means to be English

The artist’s latest series looks at what it means to be part of this country, from the south coast to the Scottish borders

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