Confiscated small boats and outboard motors used to cross the Channel from France at a warehouse facility in Dover, Kent
THE government’s recent “national security” rhetoric on migration will fuel the ascendant far right, refugee rights groups warned yesterday.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper outlined new legislation targeting smuggling gangs yesterday.
Under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, individuals selling or handling boat parts suspected of being used for Channel crossings could face up to 14 years in prison.
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
Government accused of scapegoating ethnic minorities after Home Office reveals plan to publish the nationalities of foreign criminals