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The Latest Breaking News on May: Immigration reforms make it harder to catch traffickers and slave drivers

Controversial small boats bill clears first Commons hurdle amid Tory calls for changes

Suella Braverman faced pleas from backbench Conservative MPs to reform the Government's controversial asylum policy

Evening Standard

Illegal Migration Bill passes first Commons test amid pleas from MPs for changes

The House of Commons voted 312 to 250, majority 62, to give the Bill a second reading.

The Independent UK

Tories see poll boost with Conservative voters over migration policy

Tory voters swing in favour of Rishi Sunak’s new Illegal Migration Bill

The Independent UK

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'Shame on them!': Stephen Flynn condemns Tory asylum bill at London protest

HUNDREDS of people gathered in Parliament Square on Monday night to protest against the Tory government’s Illegal Migration Bill as MPs debated…

The National (Scotland)

Hundreds gather in Parliament Square to protest over illegal migration bill

Crowd demonstrate in Westminster as MPs debate government’s controversial immigration reforms

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak urged by top Tory to make small boats bill ‘tough and humane’

Rishi Sunak was urged on Monday by a senior Tory to amend his flagship immigration bill to make it “humane” as well as “tough” by opening up safe and legal asylum routes at the same time as clamping down on the flow of small boats across the Channel.

Evening Standard

Labour attacks ‘false claims’ in new asylum plans ahead of Commons debate

The Illegal Migration Bill could also face challenge from Tory backbenchers concerned about the prospect of children being detained.

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Most Britons think housing Ukrainian refugees is a good thing, study shows

Some hosts had trouble accessing support but 88% of those who took in Ukrainians would do so again

The Guardian - UK

What is the Stop The Boat Illegal Migration Bill and why is it causing trouble

The Bill is the reason BBC had to cancel much of its sports coverage this weekend

Wales Online

The Observer view on the global refugee crisis

If Rishi Sunak is serious about tackling migration, he needs to ignore the hate-mongers and look at the bigger picture

The Guardian - UK

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues statement on Gary Lineker BBC row

The PM has commented following the BBC's decision to ask the Match of the Day host to step back from his duties

Wales Online

Stopping migrants crossing Channel 'not a priority for most British voters'

Small boats controversy is only a crucial issue for less than a fifth of people, while 67pc cite cost of living and 58pc the NHS

Wales Online

Stopping Channel crossings not public’s main priority, polling suggests

Cost of living, the NHS and better-paid jobs were main concerns for more people, according to the research by Ipsos.

The Independent UK

Migration Bill will increase risk of exploitation, Scottish minister warns

Angus Robertson described the draft legislation aimed at stopping small boat crossings as ‘damaging’.

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Rishi Sunak announces new detention centre in northern France after meeting with Emmanuel Macron – as it happened

Latest updates: UK and France have agreed extra measures ‘to remove pull factors bringing people to the Channel coast’, PM says

The Independent UK

‘Cruel’ Migration Bill will ‘traumatise, not deter’ asylum seekers, refugees say

An Iranian who arrived in the UK by boat said the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill make asylum seekers ‘more vulnerable’.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak spells it out for Suella and gets très sérieux with Emmanuel

How might PM explain the strategy to stop the small boat crossings to his home secretary and the French president?

The Guardian - UK

Contempt for refugees laid bare in Tories’ small boats plan

Letters: Readers respond to the government’s proposed legislation to clamp down on the numbers of refugees arriving on Britain’s shores

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The Independent UK

No-one with concern for fellow humans should back migration Bill – Sturgeon

The UK Government’s draft legislation has caused outcry from the international community.

Radio France Internationale

UN rights chief slams UK plan to ban asylum claims by Channel migrants

The United Nations refugee agency has criticised a British draft law that would outlaw asylum claims by anyone arriving in the country illegally. The UNHCR has warned that such legislation could violate international law.

The Conversation

The government's plan to remove asylum seekers will be a logistical mess – and may not deter people from coming to the UK

In its new illegal migration bill, the UK government has introduced some surprisingly radical proposals designed to discourage people from crossing the Channel in small boats to claim asylum.

Irish Independent

EU tells Rishi Sunak small boats plan ‘violates international law’

The EU has warned Rishi Sunak’s government that the plan to ban small boat migrants from making asylum claims in the UK “violates” international law.

The Independent UK

EU tells Rishi Sunak small boats plan ‘violates international law’

Brussels commissioner says bill breaches convention, as legal experts warn of risk to Brexit trade deal

The Telegraph

Politics latest news: Rishi Sunak fast tracks Small Boats Bill with MPs to vote on new laws on Monday

Rishi Sunak is seeking to fast track his new small boats laws through Parliament, with MPs due to vote on the draft legislation for the first time next week.

The Conversation

UK moves to copy Australia's cruel asylum-seeker policy – and it will have the same heavy human toll

The United Kingdom’s Illegal Migration Bill, introduced in the House of Commons this week, will look very familiar to Australians.

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