Live Breaking News & Updates on Crossing The Channel
Stay updated with breaking news from Crossing the channel. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
British security services are monitoring “numerous” Channel migrants as suspected “extremists” threatening serious harm in the UK, the former immigration minister has revealed. ....
As Britain pushes forward with controversial plans to send migrants to Rwanda, a UK government minister voiced "amazement" Wednesday at the criticism it has drawn from the United Nations."I wish to express most extraordinary amazement that the UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, strongly opposes Britain's plan for sending people to Rwanda, on the grounds that Rwanda is not a safe country," Mitchell told AFP. The UNHCR has from the start been harshly critical of the UK-Rwand ....
The Home Office has earmarked up to £1.1 billion to manage Channel migrants arriving on small boats for the next decade, according to official documents. ....
With the Conservative Party consumed by the row over the Rwanda Bill, Robert Jenrick, the former immigration minister, has sought to put the debate into a wider context. In an article for The Telegraph, he writes that it is time for the country to pay heed to the most critical national interest: securing our borders. But this does not just mean stopping illegal migrants from crossing the Channel on a practically daily basis. The country must also limit the much larger numbers entering legally. ....