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At least 1,300 unaccompanied children - some as young as 14 - were wrongly put in unsupervised adult accommodation and detention in 18 months after their age

Campaigners say the Government is overlooking the "urgent need" to provide safe and legal routes for people fleeing war and persecution to claim asylum in the UK

The Refugee Council has rubbished Suella Braverman's claim that those who make the dangerous journey are not genuinely in need of protection

Campaigners have called on the Government to abandon the Bibby Stockholm project altogether after the discovery of Legionella bacteria led to it being evacuated

New Home Office figures reveal 1,600 people made the perilous journey in three days, including 509 on Saturday - the day six people died and at least 58 were rescued

An Afghan translator who put himself and his family in danger for the UK is still in limbo two years after the Taliban takeover despite being entitled to asylum in the UK

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden lashed out at the Fire Brigades Union after it raised safety fears about the Bibby Stockholm, currently moored on the Isle of Portland

Ali Ghaderi has told MPs that children should not be punished and put in "prison" for seeking safety, and warned of the psychological toll detaining youngsters indefinitely will have if the Government gets its way

It’s worth reflecting what the Rwanda plan has cost the country already - and the issue hasn’t gone away

Exclusive figures obtained by the Sunday Mirror have shown a sharp rise in the number of immigration staff who are being investigated, suspended and losing their jobs.

The Prime Minister, visiting a Border Force facility in Dover, said that a controversial plan to house asylum seekers in a barge would be operational within a fortnight, and added that two more vessels had been secured - but refused to say where

Braintree District Council, which opposes the plans, said in a statement it has been given the green light for an injunction hearing at the High Court on April 19

The gigantic barge named Bibby Stockholm was deemed an 'oppressive environment' when it was used by the Dutch government to house asylum seekers in 2005

Only 22% of 1,500 voters quizzed online think the controversial policy will be a deterrent

Suella Braverman and the Prime Minister will on Tuesday unveil their plans to remove and ban asylum seekers from re-entry if they arrive in the UK through unauthorised means

A traumatised refugee who fled persecution in his native Iran told The Mirror that if the government wants to tackle small boat crossings, it needs to create ways of applying for asylum from outside the UK