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Home Office begins 12-month trial electronically tagging Channel migrants

New figures have revealed the number of people crossing the Channel to reach Britain this year has passed 11,000.

The Independent UK

‘We’d have perished’: woman, 91, returns to Jersey where she fled Nazis in 1940

Irène Probstein travels from US to remember her family’s escape and thank Channel islanders who rescued them

The Guardian - UK

11,000 people have crossed the Channel to reach Britain this year

A total of 146 people were brought to Britain on four small boats on Thursday.

The Independent UK

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UK slammed over 'xenophobic' policies as Raab plots major human rights changes

DOMINIC Raab has been slated by the SNP’s Joanna Cherry for planning to introduce a new Bill of Rights designed to speed up removal of Channel…

The National (Scotland)

233 more migrants attempt to cross English Channel amid Rwanda flights storm

Six boats were intercepted in the Channel on Wednesday

Evening Standard

233 people brought to UK after attempting to cross English Channel

According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Defence, six boats were intercepted in the Channel on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Rwanda deportations: what is the European Court of Human Rights, and why did it stop the UK flight from taking off?

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…

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Dozens more migrants rescued from Channel

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

The Independent UK

UK rescued 444 migrants from the English Channel crossing as Rwanda deportation flight cancelled

This was highest number since mid-April

The Independent UK

444 migrants attempt to cross English Channel in single day as Rwanda deportation flight cancelled

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

Evening Standard

Over 260 migrants rescued from Channel as Boris Johnson defends Rwanda policy

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.

Evening Standard

First Rwanda asylum flight thrown into doubt as campaigners launch legal challenge

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

Evening Standard

Home Office braced for Rwanda deportation flight delays as plans face legal action

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.

Daily Mirror

Campaigners and migrants launch legal bid to stop Priti Patel’s Rwanda asylum flight

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

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Home Office offers asylum seekers choice between war zones they fled and Rwanda

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

Newcastle Herald

Living the dream: swimmer Craig Clarke faces English Channel attempt

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

The Guardian - UK

Number of people to reach UK in small boats in 2022 nears 10,000

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

The Guardian - UK

Afghans with western links among rising number trying to cross Channel

Fivefold increase in refugees from Afghanistan crossing in small boats this year as they flee Taliban

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Clear majority of people crossing Channel are refugees, says UNHCR

UN agency says most arriving in UK by small boat should not be called migrants, in challenge to Priti Patel

The Guardian - UK

UK agrees to launch full inquiry into drowning of 27 people in Channel

Lawyers for bereaved relatives say ‘serious failings’ in rescue operation may have contributed to deaths

Reuters

UK aims to send the first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda on June 14

Britain aims to send a first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda in two weeks' time, as part of a policy which the government says is designed to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the Channel.

The Guardian - UK

Champions League: Liverpool fans cross Channel on speedboat after flight cancelled

A group of supporters made their own plan to reach Paris for Saturday’s Champions League final

Evening Standard

Huge traffic jams at Dover as Jubilee Bank Holiday getaway kicks off

Britons heading away for half-term and the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend were stuck in three hour-long queues to board Channel ferries on Friday.

The Independent UK

Afghans ‘largest group’ fleeing to the UK by crossing the Channel – figures

Out of 4,540 people detected arriving by small boats in the first three months of 2022, 24% were Afghan nationals according to the Home Office.

The Independent UK

Channel crossings: Average arrivals per boat nearly doubles in 12 months

A Home Office report said there had been an average of 32 people per small boat in January to March 2022.

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