Page 19 - Illegal Migration News Today

13/12/2023: The Home Affairs select committee session on the Rwanda asylum policy and immigration strategy. Migration and Asylum Inquiry airs on BBC Parliament at 7:10 PM, Sunday 17 December.

It will overwhelm our countries and our capacity to help those who actually need our help the most. If that requires us to update our laws and lead an international conversation to amend the post-war frameworks around asylum, then we must do that, says Sunak

Arizona's Democratic governor said Friday she is sending National Guard soldiers to areas around the US border with Mexico, accusing President Joe Biden's government of "refusing to do its job" on migration."Yet again, the federal government is refusing to do its job to secure our border and keep our communities safe," Hobbs said in her order Friday. 

The Prime Minister will also make an appearance among at a right-wing political gathering organised by Giorgia Meloni’s party

Rishi Sunak has pledged to push for reform of global refugee rules as he warned that failing to tackle illegal migration would “destroy the public’s faith” in politicians and governments.

PM vows to push for reform of global refugee rules at festival organised by far-right Italian leader

It would be easy to view the Government’s efforts to clamp down on illegal migration as an unmitigated failure. Many tens of thousands have crossed the Channel this year. The most recent data indicate more than 120,000 asylum cases are awaiting an initial decision, and the Supreme Court ruled against the Government’s flagship Rwanda plan. But this is to miss the seismic shift in attitudes that has accompanied those efforts. Until very recently, few dared voice concerns over the num...

The Rome trip comes after a woman died in the Channel as a boat sank on Friday morning

The foreign minister said Hungary lets in all refugees which is best illustrated by the over one million refugees arriving from neighboring Ukraine since the start of the war there.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold a bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Saturday to discuss their shared efforts to tackle illegal migration, Sunak's spokesman said on Thursday. Meloni's office said on Wednesday that Sunak would attend a political event in Rome organised by her right-wing party.