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A group of people thought to be migrants are brought to Dover, Kent, onboard a lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel earlier on Sunday, July 4 | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
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More than 200 migrants arrive in Dover as UK prepares to start debating new immigration bill

212 migrants were picked up by the UK Border Force on Sunday. An additional 238 migrants were reportedly prevented by French authorities from completing their crossing. The latest figures come as the UK prepares to debate a new nationality and border bill in parliament.

Priti Patel, British Home Secretary on May 23 2021 | Photo : Reuters
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UK rights organizations condemn 24-hour GPS monitoring for migrants on bail

More than 40 UK rights organizations sent a public letter to British Home Secretary Priti Pratel on Monday. They were united in condemning the introduction of 24-hour GPS monitoring of people on immigration bail in an expansion of surveillance powers that has been done without any consultation process.

From file: With rising numbers of arrivals across the Channel, Kent County Council says it can no longer cope with the numbers of unaccompanied child migrants placed in its care | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
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Places for unaccompanied child migrants in Kent is 'at capacity'

Care places for unaccompanied child migrants in the English county of Kent, which is where many migrants who cross the Channel first land, have reached capacity. Authorities in Kent have refused to take any more children prompting the British government to house them in a much-criticized facility.

From file: Migrants are taking more and more risks in order to reach the UK | Photo: Reuters
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  • France

Channel: Four migrants try to reach England with oars

Four migrants were rescued on Tuesday off the French coast as they were trying to reach England with the aid of oars and paddles. A little earlier, 29 other migrants were picked up by the authorities after their boat broke up on the breakwater near Dunkirk.

A migrant is helped ashore by a Border Force officer at 3 a.m. at Dover Harbor in Kent after crossing the English Channel | Photo: Stuart Brock / picture-alliance
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  • France

UK: 113 migrants arrive in Dover, others stopped on French side

A total of 113 migrants on seven small boats arrived safely in the UK port of Dover on Monday. About 72 were stopped from crossing by the French authorities.

A similar sized dingy set off on March 9 and was picked up by the French authorities | Photo: Twitter/préfecture maritime de la Manche et de la mer du Nord @premarmanche
  • France

Channel crossings: Are migrant boats moving further south?

The French authorities discovered a migrant boat on the beach at Quend in Normandy on Sunday. The beach is almost 90 kilometers further south than the normal crossings from Calais and Boulogne towards the UK.

Migrants walk in the grounds of Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, England following a fire at the site, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021.| Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA via AP
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UK government's accommodation for migrants criticized by parliamentary committee

The UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is facing "serious questions" from a parliamentary committee after claiming that migrant accommodation in former army barracks was "safe."

183 migrants crossed the Channel on March 23. The figure was the highest daily number so far in 2021 | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
  • United Kingdom

Record crossings: 183 migrants reach UK on small boats

A total of 183 migrants on board six small boats crossed the English Channel from France to UK on Tuesday, March 23. That is the highest number in one day so far this year.

The UK Home Secretary outlined Britain's new plan for immigration on March 24 | Source: UK Home Office Twitter feed @pritipatel
  • United Kingdom

UK government announces details of new plan for immigration

The UK Home Secretary has announced the details of her new plan for immigration. She said it would be faster, fairer and allow Britain to help the vulnerable and those in need, while cracking down on criminality. Critics have accused her of creating a two-tier system that is anything but fair.

Medical staff prepares a syringe with a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine | Photo: Rafayat Haque Khan / Imago / Zuma
  • United Kingdom

Vaccine amnesty in UK for undocumented migrants

The UK government has announced that undocumented migrants can register with their doctors for a vaccine against COVID-19 without fear of being ejected by the Home Office.

Wissant Bay, just south of the town of Calais is where many smugglers hide their boats before crossing the Channel | Photo: Mehdi Chebil / InfoMigrants
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  • France

French authorities rescue 36 migrants in Channel over weekend

36 migrants on two separate boats were found in difficulty in the Channel between France and Britain at the weekend. They were taken back to France by a coastguard patrol boat who declared the migrants "safe and sound."

A part of the Napier Barracks accommodation on fire on Friday, January 29 | Photo: Care4Calais
  • United Kingdom

Storm worsens around migrants housed in military barracks in the UK

The arguments over Napier Barracks in the UK are worsening. Since September, the former army barracks have been housing migrants, most of whom made it across the Channel from France. The residents, NGOs and now politicians are criticizing government policy of housing asylum seekers there.

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