A deportation flight from the UK to Jamaica took off in the early hours of Wednesday morning. On board were 13 men of the original 50 destined for the flight. Campaigners continue to protest, saying that the UK's deportation laws "condone child cruelty" by separating parents from children.
Humanitarian organizations in the UK have written to the British government to raise their concerns over conditions in a former military barracks in Kent which has been used to house migrants and asylum seekers since September 2020.
On December 2, the UK Home Office is planning a charter flight to deport up to 50 people back to Jamaica. A group of 91 Black public figures and campaigners have written an open letter to airlines urging them to refuse to accept the contract. Opposition MPs have also joined in.
A new report from the UK charity Doctors of the World, based on case studies over two years 2018-2020, highlights how the NHS charging policy in the UK for those without an accepted migration status is leading to delays, destitution and sometimes barriers to adequate care. Some have died as a result.
On Sunday, French police announced that they found the body of a migrant on the beach at Sangatte on the Channel coast. The man did not have any documents on him but was wearing a life jacket. Prosecutors suspect he had been hoping to cross the water towards Dover in the UK.
According to a report in the Telegraph on Sunday, Britain's Clandestine Channel Threat Commander is considering using nets in the Channel in order to deter migrant boats from crossing.
Afghan interpreters who worked with the British armed forces in Afghanistan will be granted asylum in the UK, announced the British Home Secretary and the UK’s Defense Secretary on Saturday, September 19.
According to reports in several British newspapers, the British government is planning to provide weekly flights to return migrants arriving in the UK via the Channel. The plans were revealed after a freedom of information request made by the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
A court in Vietnam sentenced four people to several years in prison over their involvement in the deaths of 39 migrants, whose bodies were found in the back of a truck outside London last October.
Abdulfatah Hamdallah was found dead on a beach in northern France on August 19. The 28-year-old Sudanese migrant had tried to cross the Channel to the UK after his asylum application in France was rejected, according to media reports.
The UK government has deployed a military aircraft on Monday over the Channel as part of an increase in measures designed to deter migrants crossing. The government has also raised the possibility of using the Royal Navy to push migrant boats back and strengthen laws in order to make the crossing "unviable."
What drove Sudanese migrant Badreddin Abadlla Adam to attack six people in Glasgow last week? There is increasing evidence that Adam was suffering mental health issues due to inadequate housing at the hotel where he was placed. Now there are calls for an independent inquiry to be launched.