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Starmer accused of reducing migrants to ‘commodities to be exchanged’ with ‘one-in-one-out’ deal
11 Jul 2025 13:19 GMT
… the agreement, with the Migrants’ Rights Network accusing the … Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) warned that the … of Calais warned the agreement would only draw more migrants to … Qureshi, CEO of the Migrants’ Rights Network told The Independent …
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Watch: Child migrants' fears trying to cross the Channel
11 Jul 2025 10:32 GMT
Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats, up by almost 50% from the same period last year.
BBC Newsround correspondent Jenny Lawrence went to Calais to find out why so many people, …
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Keir’s small boats plan won’t deter ANYONE – hapless French will let them loose to do it again, immigration boss slams
11 Jul 2025 09:30 GMT
… get to the beaches of Calais, where you pay £1,500 … , with initially just 50 Channel migrants being sent back to France … asylum seekers coming here.
Fifty migrants account for just one in … back to the beaches at Calais and pay the smuggling gangs …
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Small boat migrants will be detained as part of France return deal, Yvette Cooper confirms
11 Jul 2025 08:26 GMT
… revealed.
The Home Secretary said migrants will be prevented from fleeing … is initially expended that 50 migrants a week will be … moving to northern towns like Calais.
The UK has long been … Brexiteers about the impact on immigration. He said losing access to …
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Macron says Brits were 'sold a lie' over Brexit as 'one in, one out' migrants deal unveiled
11 Jul 2025 07:55 GMT
… it easier to tackle illegal immigration.
Read more: Brits left … a "major surge in immigration enforcement activity" but … and a major surge in immigration enforcement activity, with a … around Calais and Dunkirk.
He said a third of illegal migrants …
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Migrants in Calais say they will stop at nothing to reach the UK
10 Jul 2025 22:52 GMT
Migrants in Calais have told the BBC that … finalise a plan on tackling migrants crossing the Channel on small …
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UK and France agree pilot plan to send some migrants back by boat
10 Jul 2025 20:54 GMT
… sets a precedent that migrants who reach Britain illegally … pictures of smugglers piling migrants into overcrowded, leaky inflatable … countries further up the migrants; routes from Africa and … out camps near Calais where thousands of migrants gathered before …
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Business as usual in Calais: Migrants make more attempts to cross Channel on day of Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal as group gets stuck in mud in failed boat launch
10 Jul 2025 18:46 GMT
It was business as usual for the people smugglers in northern France this morning – regardless of the talks between Britain and France today.
Pretty much regardless of the French police expensively funded by UK taxpayers too, it seemed.
All we saw the …
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New deal to see migrants arriving in Britain sent back to France
10 Jul 2025 17:54 GMT
… that will return some migrants who cross the English … sets a precedent that migrants who reach Britain illegally … of people smugglers piling migrants into overcrowded, leaky inflatable … out camps near Calais where thousands of migrants gathered before trying …
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Keir Starmer makes major announcement on migrants arriving by boat
10 Jul 2025 17:04 GMT
… a precedent for returning migrants who arrive in … tackle networks of illegal immigration through great co-ordination … of human traffickers cramming migrants into overcrowded, unsafe inflatable … camps near Calais where thousands of migrants congregated before …