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Thousands more migrants risk lives to reach UK in small boats across English Channel

The total number of migrants crossing the Channel to reach the UK in 2025 was 13% higher than the figure for 2024

Evening Standard

Blow for Starmer as migrant Channel crossings reach second-highest number despite Labour crackdown

Prime minister pledged to ‘smash the gangs’ and slash the number of people making the dangerous trip

The Independent UK

Second highest number of Channel crossings by migrants recorded in 2025

A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK last year.

Evening Standard

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European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship

Begum’s lawyers argue she was child trafficking victim when she travelled to live under IS in Syria in 2015

The Guardian - UK

New equalities boss warns against ‘demonisation’ of migrants in UK

Mary-Ann Stephenson also says it would be a ‘mistake’ to leave European Convention on Human Rights

The Independent UK

Voices: What will it take to keep resident doctors in work this winter?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The health secretary will point to a ‘worst-case’ outbreak of flu sweeping hospital wards, a public losing sympathy with the strikes and a sensible offer on the negotiating table as he bids to steer a way through this NHS crisis

The Independent UK

Council of Europe ministers back ECHR plan to tackle illegal migration

European ministers have agreed to negotiate a new approach to the continent's main ECHR human rights treaty, that would make it easier to deport illegal migrants. The decision comes as more governments argue that the treaty restricts their ability to control their borders.

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Thursday briefing: Will Labour’s human rights overhaul curb or fuel the far right?

In today’s newsletter: As the UK joins a group of European governments pushing for stricter asylum rules, critics warn of the risks of weakening safeguards

The Guardian - UK

Starmer and hardline governments risk creating ‘hierarchy of people’ by constraining human rights

Human rights official says politicians are playing into the hands of the populist right as they seek to tackle migration

The Guardian - UK

Will Labour’s move to limit ECHR deter the far right or alienate progressive voters?

Previously sceptical MPs now want to modernise human rights law to prevent an overreach of the law and losing to the far right

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on ECHR reform: times change, but universal values need defending

Editorial: Calls to modernise human rights law too often assume that hostile public opinion cannot be changed by argument from first principles

The Guardian - UK

What does UK want to change about human rights law – and will it happen?

Ministers in Strasbourg have been discussing the European Convention on Human Rights and how it affects migration

The Guardian - UK

UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’

Britain aligns with some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for change to allow Rwanda-style migration deals

The Guardian - UK

Ministers back plans to look at European human rights treaty over migration

Work will begin to adopt the declaration in Moldova in May 2026 following a meeting of ministers in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

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UK: Change European human rights laws interpretation to tackle small boats

Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy are leading the UK push for changes to the way the European Convention on Human Rights is interpreted.

Evening Standard

Starmer calls on European leaders to modernise ECHR ahead of gathering

European ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, are due to meet in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday to discuss reforming the treaty.

The Independent UK

Starmer calls on Europe to reform ECHR to see off far-right threat

PM says issue must be tackled to prevent voters turning to ‘the forces that seek to divide us’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right

Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

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Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

The Independent UK

Tory shadow minister praises Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown – and says it could work in UK

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says the British public expects immigration laws to be properly enforced

The Guardian - UK

Rights groups warn against UK plans to weaken torture protections in ECHR

Exclusive: Ministers face pushback over potential changes to asylum seekers’ rights before Council of Europe meeting

The Guardian - UK

Gaps in UK migration statistics hamper public debate and policy decisions, study shows

Official data cannot show what affect ECHR has on asylum cases, says leading thinktank Migration Observatory

The Guardian - UK

Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death

Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday

International Business Times UK

UK Unveils Major Asylum Policy Reform in Response to Public Backlash

The UK government unveils sweeping asylum reforms, replacing automatic refugee status with temporary protection, tightening deportation rules, family reunion rules, and ECHR interpretations, amid public backlash and political division.

Evening Standard

Every Labour MP elected on pledge to secure borders, Reed says amid backlash

Some Labour figures have publicly condemned plans to overhaul the asylum system.

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