More than a thousand migrants have travelled the Channel in three days, official figures revealed, showering enormous stress on Rishi Sunak’s vow to end the arrival of small boats. The Home Office said that some 333 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on Sunday. There were 374 people seen on SaturdayContinue reading “In Just Three Days, More Than 1,000 Migrants Cross The Channel”
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Last Resort!
Channel migrants could be put up at a Pontins holiday camp in a bid to cut taxpayers’ £6 million a day hotel bill for small boat arrivals. The Home Office is in negotiations to hire an 820-chalet camp at Camber Sands in East Sussex. Pontins offers budget holidays at the camp, which was purpose-built inContinue reading “Last Resort!”
Asylum Seekers From Manston Stranded In Central London By The Home Office
A newspaper outlet revealed that the Home Office left asylum seekers from the Manston immigration centre in central London without accommodation or warm clothing, as officials tried to ease acute overcrowding. A group of 11 asylum seekers from Manston were left at Victoria railway station on Tuesday evening with nowhere to stay, without winter coats,Continue reading “Asylum Seekers From Manston Stranded In Central London By The Home Office”
Next week, Three Asylum Seekers Scheduled For Deportation To Rwanda Will Not Be Removed
Three asylum seekers who were set to be deported to Rwanda will not be removed, the Home Office revealed, as opponents sought to scupper Priti Patel’s flagship policy with a last-ditch High Court legal challenge. About 100 people have been told they will be put on a flight to the Central African nation next Tuesday,Continue reading “Next week, Three Asylum Seekers Scheduled For Deportation To Rwanda Will Not Be Removed”
Pressure On Priti Patel To Close Kent Asylum Barracks
Fears of a health crisis at a military barracks housing asylum seekers in Kent have escalated after 120 people are thought to have tested positive for COVID 19. About 400 people are living at Napier Barracks in Folkestone where a virus outbreak has added to concerns over conditions. Residents, many of whom have crossed theContinue reading “Pressure On Priti Patel To Close Kent Asylum Barracks”