All news on the topic: Illegal Migration

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Nigel Farage warns Britain is "on the edge of serious civil disturbance" after migrant protests
Nigel Farage has warned Britain stands "on the edge of serious civil disturbance" after a series of anti-migrant protests on the south coast.
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Portsmouth protests erupt after rare migrant landing as police chief warns south coast is unprepared
A police chief has warned England’s south coast is not prepared for the arrival of migrants after a night of protests in Portsmouth.
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Hundreds clash with riot police after migrant boat carrying 140 reaches Portsmouth
Hundreds of protesters were in an overnight standoff with riot police as they vowed to prevent migrants leaving Portsmouth.
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"Tip of the iceberg": Dover far-right protest sparks fears of more mass gatherings
Kent Police have been accused of being caught by surprise by the Far-Right protest in Dover at the weekend and have been warned it could be the ’tip of the iceberg’ with more mass gatherings to come.
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Masked protesters shut down Dover roads as passengers warned they could miss ferries
The Port of Dover is facing major disruption after masked protesters have blocked access to the port, with passengers being warned they may miss their ferries.
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Dunkirk shopkeeper who made €400,000 from migrant crossings avoids prison
A shopkeeper who made hundreds of thousands of Euros helping facilitate migrants crossing to Britain on small boats has avoided jail by a French judge.
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Reform UK and France’s National Rally unveil pact to "stop the boats forever"
Nigel Farage has been joined on stage by French right-wing politician and Le Pen protégé Jordan Bardella, as Reform UK vowed to return migrants arriving on small boats back to France.
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Thousands protest across Spain demanding Pedro Sánchez resign over Ceuta migrant crisis
Thousands of protesters have spilled onto the streets of cities across Spain amid fury at Pedro Sanchez’s handling of the Ceuta migrant catastrophe.
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Britain and France deploy 45-officer surge team to tackle migrant boat launches near Calais
A special police unit equipped with drones and trained in the use of riot and crowd-control tactics is being set up to tackle the rise of mega-dinghies being used to transport migrants across the Channel.
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Nearly 500 migrants cross Channel in single day after ten-day hiatus
Some 494 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday, the first to successfully cross the Channel in 10 days.
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Illegal migrant deported to Bangladesh was issued first-class ticket at taxpayers’ expense
An illegal migrant being deported back to Bangladesh was given a first-class ticket for his flight.
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Asylum seekers dispersed across Britain surge past 73,000 as Labour expands migrant housing
The number of asylum seekers who have been dispersed across Britain has surged, new immigration data released by the Home Office has revealed.
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Channel crossings surge as 350 migrants reach Britain and three more boats head for UK waters
Around 350 illegal migrants have crossed the Channel so far today, GB News can reveal.
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Undercover reporter crosses Channel with migrants and claims French police gave smugglers a free ride back
An Undercover reporter was able to cross the Channel in a small boat while posing as a migrant – and claims French police are giving smugglers free lifts back to the camps.
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"Eye-watering" £500,000 a day spent detaining and moving illegal migrants across Britain
More than £500,000 a day is spent detaining illegal migrants and moving them around the country, The Sun can reveal.
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£662million France deal fails to improve migrant boat interception rate
The French police’s interception rate of illegal migrants has fallen despite a £660million deal with the UK to stop the boats, an analysis of Home Office data has revealed.
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Violent migrants attack police as France takes millions for pathetic border patrols
Shocking footage shows violent migrants clashing with French police as they tried to set sail for the UK.
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Tory MP condemns plan to house 1,250 migrants in Oxfordshire village
Katie Lam has slammed Labour’s “totally inappropriate” plan to house 1,250 migrants in the tiny Oxfordshire village of Piddington.
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African migrants plan second mass attempt to storm Spain’s Ceuta enclave
African migrants are plotting a second invasion of Ceuta, with an imminent date set for a second wave of mass border crossings.
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Illegal migrants spotted running off into Essex countryside after sneaking into lorry from Spain
Four suspected illegal migrants have been spotted running off into the Essex countryside after hiding in a lorry which was understood to have travelled from Portugal.
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Rescue launched after migrant boat carrying 160 people catches fire in Channel
A search and rescue operation was launched at around 6am on Tuesday after a so-called "mega dinghy" carrying around 160 migrants went up in flames in French waters, with 157 people rescued and taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer
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Farage’s Channel migration plan rejected by France and Downing Street as illegal
Nigel Farage’s desperate small boats plan has been dismissed as impractical and illegal as he attempts to divert attention from sleaze allegations.
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Up to 1,000 migrants crossed Channel as French police stood by saying: "Our orders are to let them go"
A flotilla of up to 1,000 migrants headed for Britain as French cops watched on despite getting more than £1billion from UK taxpayers to stop them.
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French Navy accused of firing live rounds near British MP monitoring migrant crossings
Conservative MP Chris Philp has accused a French warship of opening fire during a day of filming in the Channel.
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UK court deals blow to Shabana Mahmood’s migrant deportation scheme
Shabana Mahmood’s one-in, one-out deal has been thrown into chaos after migrants successfully argued deporting them was unlawful.
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