A group of people are brought in to Dover, Kent, as more than 7,000 have arrived in Britain after crossing the English Channel this year so far, figures show
THREE out of every four asylum-seekers in Calais said they would still try to cross to Britain despite the threat of being deported to Rwanda, a new survey suggests.
Carried out by refugee rights charity Care4Calais, the poll of 64 asylum-seekers in Calais and Dunkirk indicates that the widely condemned policy will do little to deter people making the perilous journey.
Of those, 87 per cent had heard of the plan and 75 per cent said it “won’t put them off crossing to the UK,” the charity said.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
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