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What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided?

On a cold, wet November evening, Issa Mohamed Omar and more than 30 other men, women and children set off from their informal camp near the northern French port city of Dunkirk. They walked through the darkness in near-silence for around two hours, until they reached the beach from where…

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Forty-three times the Conservatives tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

From jetski patrols to Rwanda deportations, the Tories have not been short of schemes to deter small boats

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: 43 ways the Conservatives have tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

In today’s newsletter: As Rishi Sunak unveils new plans to solve the small boats crisis, here’s a guide to dozens of previous initiatives that have fallen short

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Britain is targeting Albanians to excuse policy failures, says country’s PM

Edi Rama urges ministers to ‘stop discriminating’ after Suella Braverman’s ‘Albanian criminals’ comments

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Most Albanian asylum seekers granted UK visas are trafficked women

Exclusive: 86 per cent of people granted visas were women in genuine need of protection

The Independent UK

Manston migrant centre: Where is it and what are the problems it is facing?

There are worries about where the huge influx of migrants will be housed

Evening Standard

Emily Sheffield: Suella Braverman’s “dream” of fixing the migrant boats problem will soon become a nightmare

Time will tell whether the woman who helped Rishi Sunak gain the ultimate prize of running the country is the Achilles heel that could also undermine him. Suella Braverman’s swift return to the Home Office has unsurprisingly dominated the Ri-shuffle headlines this week. A new PM talks of integrity, then…

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Just 4% of Channel migrants have asylum claims processed as hotel bill hits £7m a day

The government is now spending nearly £7 million a day housing asylum seekers in hotels and the cost could continue to rise, the Commons Home Affairs Committee learned today

Daily Mirror

Government is spending eye-watering £6.8 million a day on housing asylum seekers in hotels

Officials told the committee 96% of asylum applications submitted by migrants crossing the Channel in 2021 are still outstanding

Wales Online

Government spending £6.8m a day housing asylum seekers in hotels

The figure has risen since early this year and costs could continue to grow, MPs were told.

The Independent UK

96 per cent of Channel asylum claims last year still to be processed

THE Home Office has yet to process 96 per cent of asylum claims made by migrants who crossed the Channel last year, MPs have been told.

The National (Scotland)

Most of 2021 Channel migrants’ asylum claims still outstanding, MPs told

Of the 4% completed, 85% were granted refugee status or another protection status, the Commons Home Affairs Committee heard.

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