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A flight chartered to send asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda as part of a new government policy was grounded following an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The plan to deport asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda is intended, the government says, to deter people…

Approximately 146 people including around 28 children have been rescued from small boats on Wednesday.

This was highest number since mid-April

A total of 444 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on Tuesday, the Government has revealed.

More than 260 migrants were rescued from the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, as ministers faced growing criticism over the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda.

It comes as the number of migrants to have crossed the Channel to the UK so far this year passed the 10,000 mark

Officials who have a concern or issue with the Rwanda scheme should consider the trauma colleagues endure as they scoop babies out of Channel waters, after making unsuccessful crossings, an insider told the Mirror.

It comes as the number of migrants to have crossed the Channel to the UK so far this year passed the 10,000 mark

High number of first 100 people to be sent to Rwanda are from Sudan, despite being small number of those crossing the Channel

Clarke, 57, guesses he might take between 11 and 15 hours to complete the holy grail of ocean swims

People continuing to cross Channel to reach UK, figures show, with a vessel of 40 brought ashore on Friday