Media Reports Archive : August 2021
There must be no repeat of 2015
The European Union will act to prevent “uncontrolled” mass immigration in the wake of the Afghan crisis
Uganda and Colombia are among developing countries offering temporary asylum to hundreds of evacuees from Afghanistan
Customers who have had their bookings cancelled at two Derbyshire hotels have shared their frustration as they struggle to claim refunds
Foreign care workers should have their visas “fast-tracked”, providers have warned the home secretary
Holidaymakers were hit by four-hour queues at Heathrow Airport over the Bank Holiday weekend after Border Force staff were sent to help refugees
The number of Turks seeking to come and work in the UK has more than tripled in a year as they seek to exploit the exodus of Europeans after Brexit
The cost of the asylum system rocketed to nearly £1.4billion last year, the latest figures reveal
The UK’s asylum backlog has soared to record levels despite a fall in applicants, official figures have revealed
The backlog of asylum applicants has nearly doubled in two years as refugee resettlement effectively 'ground to a halt' during the Covid pandemic
France has been unable to spend the millions given by the UK to deploy drones to stop Channel migrants because of French privacy laws
Enough housing to accommodate a whole new town must be found for Afghan refugees arriving in Britain
A series of small boats coming in sight of the white cliffs of Dover. Those on board have crossed the English channel and are looking for a safe place
The Nationality and Borders Bill will mark a serious attempt to block illegal immigration
The number of migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach England will get 'much worse', according to a retired senior Border Force official
It’s all the fault of Brexit, according to those still not resigned to our new post-EU reality
MIGRATION WATCH UK chairman Alp Mehmet has slammed the French for failing to police Channel crossing migrants
Afghan scholars on a prestigious Foreign Office scheme have described their delight at landing in the UK
The Home Office housed Afghan refugee families in a hotel from which a boy fell to his death
France has demanded a 'new migratory deal' with Britain to allow the EU to send asylum seekers over the Channel to the UK
Priti Patel has appointed a former counter-terror police chief to replace a career civil servant and help lead her borders crackdown
So far this year, more than 4,100 asylum-seekers, most of them from Iraq, have illegally crossed from Belarus into Lithuania
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, warned he would not allow the country to become 'Europe's migrant storage unit'
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new settlement scheme on Tuesday that will allow 20,000 Afghan refugees to seek sanctuary in the UK
Since the Taliban takeover of Kabul, a spectre has haunted Europe
An RAF rescue mission repatriating British nationals and Afghan evacuees fleeing Taliban tyranny landed at Brize Norton last night
A Conservative MP has slammed the Home Office's plan to spend £2million on a permanent migrant reception centre in Dover
Boris Johnson is preparing to unveil a 'big-hearted' resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees as Tories urge him to welcome tens of thousands
Priti Patel has urged European countries to give sanctuary to Afghans fleeing the Taliban as she announced that Britain would grant asylum to 20,000
It is impossible to fully understand the desperation of those who are fleeing persecution and oppression in Afghanistan
There have been chaotic scenes at Kabul airport, as desperate people try to flee Afghanistan
Priti Patel outlines plans for a new resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees
The UK must welcome 'tens of thousands of refugees' from Afghanistan as the country descends into chaos
The Home Office is spending £2 million on a permanent migrant reception centre in Dover
PRITI PATEL has been warned by an expert that she faces an 'unsolvable problem' when it comes to tackling a 'strata of illegal immigrants'
Ministers are expected to announce plans for a new settlement scheme in the UK for Afghan nationals following the Taliban takeover of the country
S President Joe Biden 'has a lot to do' and must 'take a bold step' to protect the Afghan people, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has said
A man has been charged with manslaughter in France after a migrant died trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat
As violence in Libya has waned this year, the number of would-be migrants to Europe intercepted so far has doubled compared to the same period of 2020
Emmanuel Macron has vowed a 'robust, coordinated and united' European response to stop Afghan migrants heading to the West
I am that girl with the almond eyes. I did not find it offensive
At least five children too young to walk were among the dozens of migrants rescued from the English Channel
Asylum centres that will house up to 8,000 applicants will replace hotel accommodation under Home Office plans
Fear reigns among researchers, politicians and journalists when talking about the rise in sexual violence resulting from the migration crisis
European lorry drivers could be granted work visas more easily in a bid to solve a growing haulier crisis
Priti Patel has accused France of failing to do enough to stop migrants from crossing the Channel
Border Force rescued 285 migrants including at least five toddlers who had attempted to cross the Channel on Sunday
The UK will waive border rules to allow Afghan asylum seekers to flee the Taliban to Britain without a passport, the Defence Secretary has announced
Almost 60,000 EU citizens missed the deadline to apply to live and work in the UK after Brexit
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in Afghanistan with thousands being smuggled out of the country each day
A migrant airlifted to hospital from the English Channel after a boat carrying around 40 people began to sink has died
French prosecutors have begun a manslaughter investigation after a migrant died trying to cross the English Channel
Immigration and asylum are now the most important issue faced by the UK, according to Conservative voters
More Bangladeshis have arrived in Europe this year than any other nationality
New polling from YouGov has found that immigration is now the top priority among Tory voters – nudging ahead of the economy
More than half of all births in eight cities and towns in the UK are to mothers from abroad after two decades of mass immigration
I make absolutely no apology for taking action to remove foreign offenders
Just seven criminals out of a group of 50 were actually deported back to Jamaica
Gang leaders who traffic migrants face 14 years in prison under new sentencing rules
The parliamentary debate over the fence starts on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear when a vote would take place
In just eight months, the number of migrants arriving at Italian ports is already more than double that for the whole of last year
A Labour councillor has been condemned for suggesting Britons set up a “home guard” volunteer force to help track down Channel migrants
Dozens of asylum seekers have been ordered to self-isolate at a former military barracks
An Iranian asylum seeker cleared of people smuggling has said he was made a 'scapegoat' by British authorities
For too many others on the Left, Islamists have become an essential part of what they seem to construe as a new Popular Front against the oppression
Channel migrants ran from a boat and disappeared into a Ministry of Defence firing range during an active shooting exercise
President Macron was forced on to the defensive yesterday after his right-wing challengers seized on the alleged murder of a priest
Deploying army personnel to help tackle the HGV driver shortage 'will not scratch the surface' of the UK's delivery crisis
I think it is reasonable to ensure that migrants settle here at a pace that allows families like us to integrate
Chinese spies are trying to exploit a new visa scheme designed to help Hong Kong residents come to Britain
Sprawling across the Dover Docks, the Home Office’s migrant reception centre has ballooned in size in recent months
Britain spent an estimated £500,000 in the past year storing boats used by migrants to cross the Channel
The police chief who led the calamitous VIP abuse inquiry is spearheading the battle against people smugglers in the Channel
France is coming under pressure to set up a joint maritime brigade to turn back migrants
The European Union has been accused of playing politics with the migrant crisis by deliberately impeding progress on a potential deal with France
Immigration officials were called after 10 people were discovered in the back of a lorry in Leicestershire
Peter Hitchens discusses Brexit (among other things) on NIgel Farage’s GB News show
Channel migrants will keep coming, a French police chief warned on Thursday, as numbers for the year surged past 10,000
Almost 500 migrants reached the UK by small boat on Wednesday, bringing the total for this year to over 10,000
More than 10,000 migrants have officially crossed the Channel by small boat so far this year after almost 500 made the dangerous journey yesterday
The Taliban have proved especially hostile to Afghan reporters
The Home Office has been accused by Labour of showing “awful incompetence” in addressing lengthy delays in the asylum system
As the structural causes of migration worsen, European Union authorities are preparing to meet an increase in new arrivals with beefed-up borders
More than 10,000 migrants are believed to have crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats this year after a further 300 arrived yesterday
Migrants intercepted in the English Channel could be arrested on arrival in the UK
Migrants in hotels paid for by the taxpayer are not having their quarantine enforced, it has emerged
The Home Office faces legal action over its policies for housing migrants
Migrants have boasted of dodging quarantine due to poor security at hotels being paid for by the British taxpayer
Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend
Two men ran a rat-infested car wash in Cumbria where they paid exploited workers trafficked from Romania just £20-a-week
A migrant was seen flashing a 'V for Victory' sign as he arrived in Dover alongside dozens of others including babies and young children
Kent is braced for a new influx of migrant Channel crossings from mid-August after going a week without any arrivals
The first is that Britain has borders. It also has a legal immigration and asylum system
Home Office statistics show that 36,000 people sought asylum in the UK last year
A French and British undercover police operation led to the 36-year-old Iranian-Kurd’s capture at his spacious home in Denmark
A grandmother who was stripped of her British citizenship over fears she was an ISIS sympathiser has won a High Court battle
A record 3,500 migrants arrived in Britain across the Channel last month