https://www.europesays.com/videos/105348/ ‘It’s time British people came FIRST’ | Will Kingston HITS OUT at ‘bonkers Britain’ asylum rules #Analysis #AsylumClaims #AsylumDebate #AsylumRules #BonkersBritain #BreakingNews #BritishPeople #BritishPeopleFirst #BritishPolitics #ChannelCrossings #GBNews #GBNewsLive #GBN #HumanRightsRules #IllegalImmigration #immigration #ImmigrationPolicy #MigrantCrisis #news #NewsUpdate #politics #Reports #uk #UKAsylumSystem #UkBorderControl #UKPolitics #WillKingston #WorldNews
#channelcrossings — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #channelcrossings, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/103650/ UK, France end ‘on in, one out’ Channel migrant exchange deal • FRANCE 24 English #asylum #Border #britain #Channel #ChannelCrossings #Europe #France #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #immigration #infos #london #Macron #migrants #news #Paris #uk
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Channel crossings: UK-France ‘one in, one out’ deal scrapped
The UK government’s “one in, one out” deal with France, aimed at curbing migrant Channel crossings, has been…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #asylumseekers #Channelcrossings #theEnglishChannel #UK
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France to end the ‘one in, one out’ immigration agreement with the United Kingdom.
Launched in July 2025, the pilot program – which was set to expire on 1 October – failed to deliver the results Paris had hoped for.
In 2025, nearly 50 000 people attempted to cross the English Channel.
#France #UK #Migration #SmallBoats #ChannelCrossings #Politics #Borders
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/99706/ Patient is booked in to see ‘under fire’ doctor in NHS mistake | ITV News Meridian (East) #ChannelCrossings #Dover #EnglishChannel #essex #Gillingham #Gravesend #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #itvmeridian #itvnewsmeridian #kent #PrincessKate #PrincessOfWales #Sandwich #SouthEast #SouthEastOfEngland #Southend #Sussex
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https://www.europesays.com/gbr/ham/1643/ Six arrested as anti-migrant protesters gather again in Hampshire – The Irish News #AntiMigrantProtests #BorderSecurity #ChannelCrossings #DanielThomas #Dover #Gosport #Hampshire #HomeOffice #Kent #Migrants #Normandy #Politics #SmallBoatArrivals #SouthEast #UK
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/98744/ Border Force fails to stop second small boat in 24 hours #AndyBurnham #ChannelCrossings #GOVERNMENT #HomeOffice #immigration #Labour #migrants #Migration #news #politics #TheTelegraph #UKGovernment #UKNews
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/98412/ ‘Unbelievable CHARADE’ | Patrick Christys’ scathing reaction to migrant crisis ‘tipping point’ #Analysis #BreakingNews #BritainImmigration #ChannelCrossings #ChannelMigrantCrisis #EnglishChannel #FranceMigration #FrenchBoat #FrenchVessel #GBNews #GBNewsLive #GBN #IllegalImmigration #IllegalMigrantCrisis #IllegalMigration #MigrantBoats #MigrantCrisisUK #MigrantRescue #news #NewsUpdate #PatrickChristys #politics #Reports #RNLI #SmallBoats #uk #UkImmigration #WorldNews
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/95550/ English village holds symbolic vote to leave UK • FRANCE 24 English #AsylumPolicy #AsylumSeekers #ChannelCrossings #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #immigration #LocalProtest #Migration #MilitaryBase #NigelFarage #Oxfordshire #PIDDINGTON #ReformUK #SymbolicReferendum #uk #UKPolitics #UnitedKingdom #VillageVote
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Refugees and asylum seekers still consuming political capital
September 2026
With the return of Parliament this month, the Immigration and Asylum Bill is back in action. The Bill has passed its second reading and is now in committee stage. The most contentious parts are the refusal of family reunions, the extended time frame for residence, and the modern slavery definitions. An August meeting of the Regulatory Policy Committee of the House considered the Home Office’s impact assessment to be “not fit for purpose”, and Article 8 on modern slavery to be “inadequate”.
Boat crossings
On the small boats front, numbers remain down (102 vessels between June and August, the lowest since 2019, but they are now much bigger, taking up to 230 people. Where in 2018, 7 was the average load, it is now 65). In 2026 so far, 17,000 migrants have crossed the Channel. The backlog of pending cases continues to fall, down to 40,000, the lowest since June 2019, but the grant rate is falling as well, down to 38% acceptances (it had been up to 77%). With the resultant increase in appeals, the 24-week target for hearing appeals may be hard to achieve. Concern has been widely expressed that the new Independent Immigration Appeals Authority will be free to use non-qualified legal staff to adjudicate the appeals.
40,000 migrants were returned in the year to June, three quarters of them were “voluntary”, mainly to Albania, Brazil, India and Poland. The fine weather over the summer did not materially affect the numbers of crossings, which remain lower than recent years. Other factors include more collaborative action with the French authorities, and seizure of 1100 boats, according to the National Crime Agency.
Migrants and asylum seekers who are already here continue to be the focus of interest. By the end of June only 16,021 claimants were in hotels, but the 69,000 were in other temporary accommodation.
Beyond the statistics, public attitudes in the UK may not be reflected in the mainstream media. A recent YouGov poll indicated that 75% of the public would distinguish between migrants and refugees and 59% thought that too much attention was paid to how migrants came rather than why. Nevertheless, another poll revealed that 40% believed that more small boats were arriving this year than last, and only 22% (correctly) believing there were fewer.
Immigrants and crime
The OECD has observed that there has been little evidence of change in crime figures despite the amount of immigration. In the UK, convictions among non-UK citizens come out at about 12%, the same level as for the adult UK population. Higher levels of lawbreaking were observed among Afghans (sexual offences) and Albanians (drugs) but not substantially. The Government’s advisory guide for asylum seekers on British culture has not had any significant effect thus far. A feature of recent unrest at Portsmouth and Dover has been claims of high crime rates by immigrants.
Across Europe a similar trend is noticeable. Despite the furore in Ceuta, numbers in the first quarter were down by 46% on 2025, but there were more deaths than previously. Member countries of the EU nevertheless continue to be much engaged on the issue. The European Parliament in June approved an overhaul of migration policy, expressly to speed up deportations. EU interior ministers from 22 countries agreed to take “any necessary measures to safeguard public order and address risks arising from secondary movements” (by which they mean migrants moving on from their first country of arrival). The Schengen Agreement has already been suspended in certain places (notably in the spat between liberal Spain and hard-line Italy).
The other big issue for the EU is the search for “hubs” outside the Union for removal of rejected migrants. Five EU countries have agreed to sign deals. Rwanda and Uganda are said to be compliant, but the question remains as to who has the responsibility for such deportees. The European Court of Human Rights is expected to adjudicate against the governments; the Council of Europe has already observed that the changes in policy pose “considerable human rights risks.”
Climate
Finally, with ongoing climate change and a possible exceptional El Niño, there has been much discussion of “climate mobility”. The UN Refugee Convention has nothing on the topic, and there is no legal category of “climate refugee”, but the International Court of Justice has given advisory opinion recognising the issue.
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https://www.europesays.com/people/219399/ UK PM denounces ‘politics of poison’ after anti-migrant protests in southern England #AndyBurnham #BritishCoastguard #ChannelCrossings #PatriotPlatform #Portsmouth #TommyRobinson
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/89825/ ‘Portsmouth and Dover were a WARNING!’ | Patrick Christys on the protests against the migrant crisis #Analysis #BreakingNews #ChannelCrossings #Dover #DoverLatest #DoverProtest #GBNews #GBNewsLive #GBN #MaskedProtestors #MassMigration #news #NewsUpdate #PatrickChristys #politics #Portsmouth #PortsmouthLatest #PortsmouthProtests #protest #Reports #SmallBoats #TheChannel #uk #WorldNews
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/89311/ Protesters clash with police after mega-dinghy arrives in Portsmouth #AntiMigrantProtest #BorderControl #BreakingNewsUK #ChannelCrossings #DoverProtest #EastneyBeach #EastneyLanding #HampshirePolice #MigrantProtestUK #PoliceDispersalOrder #PortsmouthCoast #PortsmouthHarbour #PortsmouthLive #PortsmouthNews #PortsmouthProtest #PortsmouthProtests #ProtestFootage #SmallBoatsCrisis #TheTelegraph #UkBorderSecurity #UkImmigration #UKNews #UKProtests #UkRiots #UKUnrest
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https://www.europesays.com/3234538/ Port of Dover protest blocks traffic as anti-immigration demonstrators disrupt ferries #AntiImmigrationProtest #ChannelCrossings #DoverFranceFerries #DoverTrafficDisruption #FreightDelays #immigrant #MaskedProtesters #P&OFerries #PortOfDover #UKGovernmentResponse
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https://www.europesays.com/people/213601/ Burnham Macron Migrant Talks on Crossings Strategy #AndyBurnham #ChannelCrossings #EmmanuelMacron #MigrantCrisis #top #UkFranceRelations
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/87364/ ‘STILL a small boat CRISIS!’ | Kemi Badenoch BLASTS Labour’s plan to stop Channel crossings #Analysis #AndyBurnham #BreakingNews #ChannelCrossings #conservatives #ConservativesLatest #GBNews #GBNewsLive #GBN #KemiBadenoch #KemiBadenochLatest #news #NewsUpdate #politics #Reports #SmallBoats #SmallBoatsCrisis #SmallBoatsLatest #TheChannel #tories #ToriesLatest #uk #WorldNews
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https://www.europesays.com/people/213104/ UK and France Step Up Action Against Channel ‘Mega Dinghies’ #BurnhamAndMacron #ChannelCrossings #EmmanuelMacron #King'sCollegeLondon #UkChannelCrossings #UkMigrantCrisis #UkFranceMigrationDeal
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https://www.europesays.com/people/212556/ Bayeux Tapestry Britain return: Macron, King Charles and Burnham view historic loan #AndyBurnham #BattleOfHastings #BayeuxTapestry #BritishMuseum #ChannelCrossings #EmmanuelMacron #EuropeanUnion #KingCharlesIII #NormanConquest #UkFranceRelations
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/82412/ Undercover On a migrant dinghy: French police help the smugglers | The Daily T podcast #CamillaTominey #ChannelCrossings #ChristianDrogon #DoverArrivals #FrenchPoliceMigrants #HumanTraffickingCalaisDunkirk #IllegalImmigrationUK #IsabelOakeshott #MigrantDinghyChannel #MigrantSmallBoats #MigrantSmugglingGangs #MigrationCrisisUK #SmallBoatsCrisis #TalkTVInvestigation #TheTelegraph #TheTelegraphPodcast #UKBorderForceDover #UKPolitics #UndercoverReporterMigrantBoat #WatchmenUK
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/80561/ New footage shows French police slashing a small boat to stop migrants from crossing the Channel. #BorderPolice #ChannelCrossings #EnglishChannel #France #HomeOffice #itv #ItvNews #migrants #police #politics #SmallBoats #UKNews #UkPoltiics
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/75570/ Burnham ‘increasingly confident’ of stopping release of PC Harper’s killers: Watch ITV News at Ten #andrew #AndyBurnham #BritishPolitics #ChannelCrossings #clacton #EnglandNews #FIFA #football #INFANTINO #itv #ItvNews #mountbatten #Sport #uefa #UkBorderControl #UKBorders #UKNews #UKPolitics #UnitedKingdom #WESTMINSTER
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/75456/ Burnham ‘increasingly confident’ of stopping release of PC Harper’s killers: Watch ITV Evening News #andrew #AndyBurnham #BritishPolitics #ChannelCrossings #clacton #EnglandNews #FIFA #football #INFANTINO #itv #ItvNews #mountbatten #Sport #uefa #UkBorderControl #UKBorders #UKNews #UKPolitics #UnitedKingdom #WESTMINSTER
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/75003/ Almost three-quarters of England in drought: Watch ITV News at Ten #andrew #AndyBurnham #BritishPolitics #ChannelCrossings #clacton #EnglandNews #FIFA #football #INFANTINO #itv #ItvNews #mountbatten #Sport #uefa #UkBorderControl #UKBorders #UKNews #UKPolitics #UnitedKingdom #WESTMINSTER
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/74993/ Boat carrying 230 migrants arrives in the UK #asylum #AsylumSeekers #ChannelCrossings #Commons #EU #EuropeanUnion #HomeSecretary #HouseOfCommons #IllegalMigration #immigration #LegalMigration #migrants #MPs #NetMigration #OfficeOfNationalStatistics #politics #Refugees #SHABANAMAHMOOD #SkyNews #UKPolitics
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/73878/ Police failures uncovered as sex offender guilty of murders and rape: Watch ITV News at Ten #andrew #AndyBurnham #BritishPolitics #ChannelCrossings #clacton #EnglandNews #FIFA #football #INFANTINO #itv #ItvNews #mountbatten #Sport #uefa #UkBorderControl #UKBorders #UKNews #UKPolitics #UnitedKingdom #WESTMINSTER
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/73769/ Registered sex offender guilty of murders and rape: Watch ITV Evening News #andrew #AndyBurnham #BritishPolitics #ChannelCrossings #clacton #EnglandNews #FIFA #football #INFANTINO #itv #ItvNews #mountbatten #Sport #uefa #UkBorderControl #UKBorders #UKNews #UKPolitics #UnitedKingdom #WESTMINSTER
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/73719/ Uefa reaffirms World Cup boycott threat after rejecting Infantino apology: Watch ITV’s News at Ten #andrew #AndyBurnham #BritishPolitics #ChannelCrossings #clacton #EnglandNews #FIFA #football #INFANTINO #itv #ItvNews #mountbatten #Sport #uefa #UkBorderControl #UKBorders #UKNews #UKPolitics #UnitedKingdom #WESTMINSTER
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First Arrivals in Nearly Two Weeks
Migrant boats were seen crossing the English Channel on May 23rd after a 13-day pause. Numbers and nationalities are not yet confirmed.
#ChannelCrossings, #MigrantArrivals, #EnglishChannel, #BorderNews, #May23
https://newsletter.tf/english-channel-crossings-resume-may-23/
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Small numbers of migrants crossed the English Channel yesterday, ending a 13-day quiet period. This is the first crossing since May 10th.
#ChannelCrossings, #MigrantArrivals, #EnglishChannel, #BorderNews, #May23
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UK AND FRANCE AGREE ON NEW IMMIGRATION TIE-UP WORTH £662 MILLION
UK and France sign a £662 million deal to increase patrols and stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Find out how this affects migrant numbers and safety.
#UKFranceDeal, #ChannelCrossings, #Immigration, #BorderSecurity, #MigrantSafety
https://newsletter.tf/uk-france-662m-deal-stop-channel-crossings/
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The UK has given France £662 million to stop small boats. This is a big increase from previous deals aimed at controlling Channel crossings.
#UKFranceDeal, #ChannelCrossings, #Immigration, #BorderSecurity, #MigrantSafety
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Asylum Seekers: UK Policy Changes and Impact in 2026
Some positive news on refugees and asylum seekers
January 2026
With the events in Venezuela, threats to occupy Greenland and continuing conflict in Ukraine, news about small boat arrivals and immigrants generally has dropped out of the news recently. Problems remain however.
Firstly, the final figure for irregular arrivals in the UK by small boats in 2025 was 41,000, the second-highest annual total ever. The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act is now in force, with new measures allowing Border Force to seize phones and SIM cards from irregular arrivals, ostensibly to help in tracking down smugglers. Seizures of cash and assets of convicted smugglers are up 33% in year to September, compared to the previous year.
More positively, 5 local councils in England and Wales have declared an interest in a pilot scheme to use new build and refurbished council homes for asylum seekers as a way of removing them from hotels. The homes would be built with government money, leased to the Home Office, and then added to LA stock. The views of other prospective council home tenants have not yet been noted.
In the EU, heads of state met on 8 January to discuss its Common European System for Returns, instituted last March. The Commission claims that only 20% of those designated for deportation actually are removed. The effectiveness of the new system is not yet clear. The UK government claims to have removed 50,000 claimants since it came into office in July 2024.
On the global level, Sherif A Wahab has calculated that the numbers of Displaced Persons is now double what it was in 2012; one-third of them are refugees (i.e. outside their country). Likewise the number of refugees who have been in exile for more than 5 years has doubled over the last decade; reasons for this include conflicts lasting longer; lack of strategy at local and national levels; refusals of permanent residency and other repressive policies. Of the world’s 32 million refugees only 204,000 returned home or settled permanently in 2022 (latest figures).
‘failure of imagination and ambition’
The head of the UNHCR, Filippo Grandi – on retiring last month – expressed his views on what he saw as a failure of imagination and ambition; “the international community should invest in asylum systems to make them faster, more efficient and better able to return people who do not need the help” In his view, governmental responsibility does not impinge on sovereignty, but is an extension of it.
The link below to an article from The Guardian looks at the working of community sponsorship schemes; it implies that the government is still committed to legal routes to resettlement. The Home Secretary said last November that she hoped to develop this model further.
“With control [over Britain’s borders] restored, we will open up new, capped routes for refugees for whom this country will be the first, safe haven they encounter. We will make community sponsorship the norm, so we know that the pace and scale of change does not exceed what a local area is willing to accept,” she said.
On the campaigning front, Safe Passage International have produced for the new year a Resolutions Generator, which, when pressed, will offer a small way in which one can help or understand better.
And here’s a petition against deportations from WeMoveEurope:
Say No to Mass Deportations in Europe | WeMove Europe
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The UK government recently announced a returns agreement to discourage people from making the crossing | Sophie Watt
#channelcrossings
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UK Refugee Crisis: Strategies to Address Small Boat Arrivals
Refugees and boat crossings still making political waves
July 2025
With the state visit of President Macron this week, the small boats are back in the headlines. As Macron and Starmer try to thrash out a deal to reduce the numbers arriving in the UK, the UK has been pressuring the French police to use new tactics against the irregular immigrants, allowing them to stop boats from up to 300 meters from the shoreline rather than only dealing with them on land. Presently they can only intervene if there is danger to life. The police are, in any event accused of puncturing inflatable boats as well as more heinously using tear gas and pepper spray on children.
An agreement between the UK and France on a “one in one out” basis, so that any arrival can be sent
back to France if replaced by a candidate deemed more worthy by dint of family connection, has been mooted, but the press conference will be on Thursday afternoon, so we will not know just yet. At all events, other EU nations are complaining about a possible deal which will make it more likely that arrivals in Europe will end up on their shores.
‘we have to make migration boring again’
Meanwhile, Amy Pope, the CEO of the (UN’s) International Organisation for Migration, has suggested any proposed changes will be unlikely to work, bearing in mind the level of commitment the migrants have already put in before reaching the English Channel. She is also in favour of de-politicising the debate. Her comment “We have to make migration boring again” is clearly the most valuable contribution from anyone so far.
Arrivals
As noted last month, the number of arrivals in the UK on small boats continues to break records (20,000 by the end of June). This has been put down to good weather, smugglers’ new techniques and increasing conflicts around the world (the largest number of hopeful asylum seekers in Calais are from Sudan).
The Government is hoping to save up to £1 billion by speeding up backlog processing. However, the backlog is now 90,000 rather than 50,000 in 2024. In 2024, there were84,000 asylum claims – In the EU as a whole there were nearly a million – 997,000.
With much discussion on what legal routes immigrants can take, here is a summary of the current situation in the UK: there are presently 7 options.
- UNHCR can select people it thinks appropriate to send (the places cannot be applied for, and amount to only 1% of all refugees).
- UK Resettlement Scheme. The status of this is unclear; it includes community sponsorship and accounts for about 700 arrivals last year.
- Mandate Scheme. This is for people with relatives in the UK. 23 cases were reported in 2024.
- Family Reunions. Applies after refugee status has been agreed by the UK.
Mostly Syrians , Iranians and Eritreans. 5000 in quarter 1 2025.
- Hong Kong. Numbers low now as most cases already settled.
- Afghanistan. ACRS and ARAOP have now been closed, with virtually no explanation. “Further measures…[will be] announced later this year.” More Afghans have been arriving by boats than under these arrangements anyway.
- Ukraine. Numbers also down now to about 4000 a month. Only 1698 asylum claims since 2022.
The Refugee Council have a new report New Roots, New Futures, arguing for a national integration strategy for refugees in the UK. They are particularly exercised by the need for new arrivals to have access to help in obtaining work and housing once they have been given right to remain.
The Green Party have put forward a plan for the Home Office to be split, with various options for the immigration departments.
By way of context, it should be noted that 73% of the world’s refugees are in Low/Middle Income countries, 67% of them are in countries neighbouring the one they are fleeing. Per head of population the countries with the highest number of refugees are Lebanon (1 in 8 of the population), Aruba and Chad.
The European Convention on Human Rights has become an issue again with questionable claims being made about possible unfair exploitation of loopholes. It should be stated that the Convention does not affect individual countries’ immigration policy, and that it is rare for claimants to a right of “family life” and such to win their case. The ECHR has ruled against the UK twice in the last two years, in neither case about immigration/deportation issues. They have generally prevented removals from the UK about once every 4.5 years since 1980. Leaving the Convention over this issue would seem rather unnecessary.
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Refugee and immigration report
Refugees and the boat crossings still making political waves
June 2025
This month we are back to the small boats. So far in 2025 some 15,000 arrivals have been recorded (1,100 on one day). The Home Office say this is due to better weather and more people crammed in to boats. In quarter 1 numbers were up by 20% on last year – mainly from the usual places – Eritrea, Afghanistan, Sudan.
The asylum backlog is down to 78,000, but with a lower grant rate (49% over the last year) the improvement may not be maintained. The number of claimants jailed for “illegal arrival” has doubled in the last year. Between 2022 and 2024, 556 arrivals were prosecuted under the Illegal Migration Act and 455 convicted (half of them were said to be piloting the boats, willingly or otherwise, and were therefore “facilitators”). In the latter half of last year, 53 people were arrested for people smuggling including many who happened to be steering the boats and many of them children.
Plans for removing arrivals to third countries for processing have made little progress ; Albania said no, North Macedonia & Kosovo have not been asked but say they are open to discussion.
3,800 Afghans are currently awaiting homes (who came under the ARS scheme and were left unsupported). Also it has been claimed that an unnamed Special Forces officer blocked the entry of 1585 Afghans (it has been suggested this might be related to potential war crimes revelations).
Mary Bosworth (Oxford Professor of Criminology) has an interesting piece on the outsourced immigration detainee escorting system Mary Bosworth (@mfbosworth.bsky.social) — Bluesky
7000 Syrians are still in limbo awaiting a UK decision on processing their claims after a pause (the new regime is still being monitored, though presumably it will eventually be possible for many to return there).
The US has taken on “refugees” from South Africa, white residents supposedly under threat. So far there have been 50,000 enquiries and 68 actual moves.
The Home Secretary has said she is working on a “fast-tracking” removal system for migrants from “safe” countries; these have not yet been named.
Of the 108,000 claimants for asylum status in the last year 16,000 were from holders of student visas. The government is likely to address this question soon.
Immigrant-focused group British Future have polled the public on attitudes to the word “immigrant”. For 70% of respondents this conjured up people on small boats, while 46% thought of imported workers. Of those who wanted to see a reduction in immigration, 49% prioritised the boats, very few mentioning worker or student arrivals. The research also finds that 59% of the public, and 64% of 2024 Labour voters, agree that migrants living in the UK and paying taxes should be eligible to apply for citizenship after five years or less.
Polling organisation More in Common found that 51% thought a fall in immigration a good thing, 57% opining that the level was still too high.
One of the more interesting ideas for Refugee Week is that of Lancaster, where an exhibition, Escape to Safety, will give visitors an interactive view of the refugee experience. More on that here
Finally, the Government’s Spending Review this week had a couple of points on the immigration/asylum seekers question. Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the new Border Security Command will receive up to £280m more a year by the end of the spending-review period. She also promises that all spending on hotels for asylum seekers waiting for their cases to be heard will stop by the end of this parliament.
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"Let them drown" says a rich man.
"ooo, valid opinions the nation needs to hear" goes the rich man's media
#ChannelCrossings #SmallBoats #UKPOL #Ukpolitcs #reformUk #BenHabib
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There are no routes right now, even though the Government says there are, but nobody believes them any more.
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Wait for the crocodile tears from Westminster.......
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/23/several-feared-dead-attempt-cross-channel
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"Starmer attacked from left and right after setting out plan to stop Channel crossings"
For the benefit of the politically hard-of-thinking, this doesn't necessarily mean that Starmer is doing something right.
#KeirStarmer #ChannelCrossings #SmallBoats #EU #Europol #Brexit
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The Guardian view on lives lost in the Channel: tragedies continue, to the accompaniment of Tory insults
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/14/the-guardian-view-on-lives-lost-in-the-channel-tragedies-continue-to-the-accompaniment-of-tory-insults?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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🚨**Government officials planning for migrant crisis to last for ‘years’!**🚨
Plans have been drawn up to tackle the Asylum crisis for at least another FIVE YEARS, with RAF bases & a prison set to house migrants in the UK.
Ministers said they had planning permission for the Bexhill, Wethersfield & Scapmton sites & aimed to reduce the £6m a day cost of housing 51k migrants in nearly 400 hotels.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/migrant-crisis-years-government-memo-b2392560.html
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#AsylumSeekers #ChannelCrossings #Brexit #Immigration
🚨**An asylum seeker taken off the Bibby Stockholm barge following the discovery of Legionella bacteria says the government is "endangering" migrants and treating them like "less than animals"**🚨
The man said he was moved to a hotel following the evacuation by the Home Office on Friday night.
He's worried about falling ill after consuming the water on board, where he went on to say: "We bathed in it & we drank it."
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'It was promoted as #RishiSunak’s “#SmallBoatsWeek” – seven days when the government would hail progress on tacking #ChannelCrossings. Yet each day would bring another painful reminder that its asylum policy is in a mess with the grimmest news – fresh deaths as another boat has capsized – capping a sobering week.' https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/13/how-the-small-boats-week-unravelled #ToryPoliciesInAction
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#Immigration #AsylumSeekers #BibbyStockholm #ChannelCrossings #Racism #Rwanda #Brexit #Braverman #Sunak #ToryCorruption #GTTO
To further illustrate Tory immigration policy, Far right parties like the BNP, NF, EDL Britain First etc, urged their racist Klansfolk to vote CONservative in 2019! 😳
The #Tories are now a legitimate voting option for Britain's #FarRight, which tells you all you need to know about the depths today's #CONservatives have sunken to! 🤷🏾♂️
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#AsylumSeekers #ChannelCrossings #Immigration #Brexit
🚨**BREAKING NEWS**🚨
"Several people have died & dozens have been rescued after an Asylum boat crossing the Channel capsized!"
At least 50 people have been rescued, French authorities said.
A search & rescue operation involving 5 French ships, 2 British ships and a helicopter is under way following the incident off Cap Gris Nez in Northern France.
All because the #TORIES REFUSE to setup safe routes to the UK! 😥 🙏🏾
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#Tories #Immigration #AsylumSeekers #ChannelCrossings
🚨**BREAKING NEWS**🚨
"MPs want Border Force staff on jet-skis deployed in the Channel to push migrant boats back to France as more than 100k people make journey in 5 years!"
Several migrants were rescued from the English Channel yesterday. The Home Office confirmed 17 individuals were rescued from the water who had gone overboard and said they were all recovered safely.
Jet skis? 🤔
What could possibly go wrong! 🙄
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Channel crossings hit new daily high for 2023 as 755 people make crossing | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migrants-crossing-english-channel-today-b2391465.html
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