All news on the topic: Migration

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The EU finalizes up to €1 billion in aid to Egypt as part of a migration agreement
The EU on Saturday finalized a deal for the disbursement of up to €1 billion in macro-financial assistance to Egypt, within their partnership geared at curbing irregular migration and boosting the North African country’s economy.
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Over 50 feared drowned as Senegalese boat sinks off Canary Islands
Nine people rescued from boat sailing perilous Atlantic route that reportedly left Senegal with 60 people onboard nine days ago
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Three men have been arrested following the tragic deaths of five individuals, including a child, who were attempting to cross the Channel
The suspects have been accused of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the UK illegally. A further 55 people believed to have also been on board have been identified.
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Migrant workers at greater risk of modern slavery after Brexit, research finds
Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages expose people to ‘hyper-precarity’ and exploitation
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British expats told to 'f*** off back where you came from' after church bell row
Not for the first time, expats in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam are up in arms over the bells of the Westerkerk, drawing the fury of locals - one of whom told them to go back to England
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Rishi Sunak investigated over 'barefaced lie' asylum backlog has been cleared
Ministers claimed to have cleared a 'legacy' backlog of applications made before June 28 last year, but figures show more than 4,500 of these are still waiting an initial decision
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'Tory migration rules will hurt the millions of elderly Brits who need care'
The Government has shown no interest in trying to address the problem of massive staffing shortfalls in the aged care sector, and their new rules for migrants will make things worse
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Changes to UK visa rules explained as Tories vow to slash record net migration
Home Secretary James Cleverly has set out a five-point plan aimed at bringing down net migration, which hit a record high in 2022. Here's what was announced and what it really means
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Tory James Cleverly's own flight to Rwanda delayed after deportations hold up
Home Secretary James Cleverly's Government flight to Rwanda was delayed last night, which came after months of Tory moans about deportation flights to Rwanda being delayed by judges
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Tories unveil migration crackdown that critics say will hammer social care
Home Secretary James Cleverly today unveiled a shake-up of migration rules, with a crackdown on social care workers bringing family and curbs on students' dependants
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Details of £40k secret immigration 'deal' between Suella Braverman and Sunak
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed she and Rishi Sunak reached an agreement on policies to limit net migration in the run-up to him becoming Prime Minister last autumn, including on a £40,000 minimum salary
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Rishi Sunak announces emergency laws to send migrants to Rwanda
The Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference to announce plans for emergency legislation in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that the Rwanda plan is unlawful
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Being gay or a woman not enough to qualify for asylum, warns Suella Braverman
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings
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English Channel smugglers refused to give life jackets to 6 migrants who drowned
Rather than providing them life-saving jackets, the people-smuggling gang loaded six Afghan into several inflatable dinghies and sent them across the Channel from northern France in the early hours of Saturday morning
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Migrant barge like Alcatraz say asylum seekers told to 'f*** off back to France'
An asylum seeker has compared the 1970s-built, 10,659-ton Bibby Stockholm, moored on the Isle of Portland, to the notorious American jail on an island offshore from San Francisco
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Asylum seeker says housing migrants on a barge will have devastating impact
Asylum seeker Arian who still has nightmares from his journey on a dinghy says housing migrants on a barge will have a devastating impact and trauma
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Giant barge that will house hundreds of asylum seekers finally on way to port
The Bibby Stockholm has left Falmouth where it was re-fitted and is being towed to Portland, Dorset where it is expected to host 500 migrants. It had been due to arrive a month ago
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Tory speechless as no one on Question Time raises hand to support Rwanda plan
Health minister Helen Whately appeared flustered after BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce asked if anyone supported the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and no one put their hand up
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Children to protest against Illegal Migration Bill which could detain kids
Youngsters are expected to write goodwill messages on giant teddies as campaigners step up their crusade to axe a key measure from the flagshp legislation
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Up to 90 more hotels could be needed to house Channel migrants, MPs told
Home Secretary Suella Braverman was grilled about plans to accommodate new arrivals crossing the Strait of Dover as plans for more barges flop
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Albanians could help plug Britain's staff shortages, says MPs' migration report
Research by the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee suggests 'promoting more actively in Albania and elsewhere the provision of short-term work visas in sectors in which the UK needs workers
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'How Rishi Sunak can stop the boats - engage brain and ignore the Tories'
The Prime Minister can stop the boats very easily, says Fleet Street Fox. It's just that his own party won't let him
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Smuggler drops boy, 4, off 30ft barrier at border as gunshots ring out
Grim and concerning surveillance footage from the US-Mexico border wall shows the moment a four-year-old boy was dropped from a 30ft wall before gunshots rang out
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Footage shows makeshift migrant camps taking over city amid state of emergency
Migrants have been seen in Chicago police stations in startling footage after the city declared a state of emergency earlier this month. Chicago is currently struggling to deal with an influx of people arriving from Texas
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Hidden tunnel passage close to border of two countries found in abandoned house
A 60-feet-long tunnel which is presumed to have been used for drug trafficking has been found in an abandoned property in Tijuana, Mexico, near the border with the US
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