Immigration and asylum
Conservatives
John Major criticises Rwanda asylum plan as ‘un-Conservative and un-British’
Sir John Major has criticised the former Conservative government’s Rwanda scheme, saying it was unsuitable for the 21st century and was “un-Conservative and un-British”.The Tory former prime minister expressed...
Children
Parents forced from small boat plead to join children taken to UK without them
Two parents separated from their children while attempting to cross the Channel by small boat have urged the...
Business
‘Targets are unrealistic’: sacked fruit picker tells of treatment on Kent farm
It had been a sweltering morning picking cherries beneath plastic polytunnels in July when Ilyas finally lost his...
Home Office
Labour bid to ‘smash the gangs’ could add to death risk for Channel migrants
Deaths in the English Channel are expected to rise to “devastating” new highs over the coming months, with...
Brexit
UK ports given £10.5m to prepare for EU biometric checks
British ports will be given £10.5m in state support to prepare for increased border checks this autumn, when...