The UK is hoping to introduce a new migration bill. It is currently making its way through parliament. If passed, it would result in most migrants who cross the Channel being detained and unable to claim asylum.
A new bill intended to crack down on migrants entering the UK is making its way through parliament. If it becomes law, the Refugee Council warns it could cost over €10 billion for accommodation alone.
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has visited projects in Rwanda related to the UK's plans to outsource asylum procedures to the central African country. She also signed further agreements with her African counterparts.
The most recent measures to tighten immigration and curb the number of Channel boat crossings were passed to continue to a second reading in UK's parliament on Monday.
The UK government wants to put an end to people crossing the Channel in small boats with controversial legislation that would see asylum seekers deported. Activists say the plans could violate international law.
The UK government has introduced a new law – dubbed the 'Small Boats Bill' – which would criminalize migrants arriving via the English Channel. Critics say the proposals will not deter people from attempting the crossing.
Belgium says there has been a massive drop in the number of irregular migrants using it as a transit country to reach Britain.
Around 50 migrants crossed the Channel from France to the UK on February 21, the first group to have crossed since last week. Meanwhile the UK government is reportedly planning to announce more new immigration legislation "within weeks."
A Moroccan man who tried to smuggle 15 men out of Britain and back to Spain has been jailed for people smuggling, according to a British newspaper.
An Eritrean mother, who was separated from her three children in December while all four of them tried to board a boat to cross the Channel, has reportedly also now managed to cross the Channel and arrived in the UK.
At least 60% of those who crossed the Channel in small boats in 2022 will be recognized as refugees, Britain’s Refugee Council says. Its analysis, published Tuesday, is based on Home Office data.
More than 100 associations have demanded the British government to conduct "an urgent independent investigation" over the scores of missing child asylum seekers. The children were kept in hotels which the organizations slammed as "unsafe."