Father of girl who died in Channel says family feared being deported to Iraq
Ahmed Alhashimi’s seven-year-old daughter Sara was crushed to death after group of men rushed on to dinghy The father of a seven-year-old girl crushed to...
Category : Immigration and asylum
‘This is cleansing’: Dublin sends in police and buses to dismantle tent city
Shocked people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria herded on to coaches as 200 tents removed and streets cleaned The convoy arrived just after sunrise: a stream...
Lampedusa aid workers condemn UK’s Rwanda plan after Cleverly visit
Rescuers on Italian island say European governments must open more safe routes to claim refuge Aid workers on the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is...
Sunak: rise in asylum seekers in Ireland proves Rwanda plan ‘having impact’
UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern Ireland An increase in asylum...
Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly
Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030 Several flights a month will deport asylum seekers...
‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths
Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drown They could have been on a school trip. Fifty...
Albanians willing to be repatriated detained for weeks in UK, watchdog finds
HM chief inspector of prisons says detainees held unnecessarily despite volunteering for fast-track deportation Albanians volunteering to be repatriated under a fast-track deportation deal are...
Revealed: UK-funded French forces putting migrants’ lives at risk with small-boat tactics
Exclusive: newly obtained footage and leaked documents show how a ‘mass casualty event’ could arise from aggressive tactics employed by border forces French police funded...
One person dead and two missing in Channel boat incident
Officials say 179 people trying to cross Channel were rescued after four French-led operations One person has died and two others are missing in the...
Five die trying to board small boats in Channel in freezing temperatures
Victims part of group of about 70 trying to board vessels off seaside resort of Wimereux in early hours of Sunday Five people have died...
