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Express Politics6 May 2026

Fury as Lib Dems 'open floodgates' on illegal migrants

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp savages Sir Ed Davey for supporting lifting of ban on illegal arrivals working in UK

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Express Politics5 May 2026

Bombshell real number of small boat deportations to key countries exposed: 'Disgraceful'

Exclusive: We tonight reveal how many small boat migrants are being returned from the biggest cohorts to cross from France. And one will SHOCK you.

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels

Reform UK has unveiled a proposal that it calls democratic consent. What it actually amounts to is collective punishment by postcode — and every serious Conservative should say so, even if as I do they support getting rid of illegal migrants quickly. The post Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

Reform UK’s immigration policies are a significant risk to the UK economy | Sushil Wadhwani

An exodus of workers will be damaging – and electoral change might help Britain escape instability and low growth While all eyes are on the Middle East and the risk of a global recession, a possible scenario with significant downside risk for the UK economy after the next general election is building: the impact of anti-immigration policies. We do not know enough about the actual policy changes a Reform UK-led government would impose, but if we get forced repatriation (including of some who were

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Express Politics4 May 2026

Shocking delay in booting migrant out of the UK reveals exactly where we're going wrong

Express columnist and Conservative councillor Mieka Smiles says that deportation is taking too long - and all the while costs are racking up.

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Reform’s toxic thinking has infected Scottish politics – this week’s Holyrood elections will tell us how badly | Jasmeen Kanwal

For so long, the Scottish government has made a point of welcoming migrants. But I now see troubling changes in my country Jasmeen Kanwal is an educator and writer who lives in Edinburgh As Scotland prepares to elect a new parliament on 7 May, immigration is dominating the political discourse as never before. Reform UK, a party whose top three policies are “stop the boats”, “secure and defend our borders” and “deport illegal migrants” is now polling in second place behind the SNP in many rece

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The Guardian Politics2 May 2026

Asylum seeker sent back to France in ‘one in, one out’ scheme to be returned to Syria

Kurdish Syrian man, 26, said he fled forced conscription by YPG militia because he ‘didn’t want to kill people’ An asylum seeker sent back to France under the controversial “one in, one out” scheme faces being returned to Syria after authorities in Paris ruled it was safe to do so, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind. When the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced the “groundbreaking” deal in July 2025 to stop small boats crow

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Express Politics1 May 2026

Farage sets time limit on when small boats crossing will end if Reform wins next election

The Reform UK leader set out plans to stop Channel crossings if he enters 10 Downing Street.

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The Guardian Politics30 Apr 2026

Spectator owner’s son calls for mine-laden ‘floating wall’ to stop Channel crossings

Winston Marshall, former member of Mumford & Sons, says those crossing are ‘economic migrants’ not refugees The son of the Spectator owner, Paul Marshall, has said Britain should construct a mine-laden “floating wall” as a radical measure to stop Channel crossings. Winston Marshall, a former member of the band Mumford & Sons who is now establishing himself as a rightwing online influencer, said that while the idea “might sound ridiculous”, it should be explored because previous attempts to stop

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The Guardian Politics27 Apr 2026

A brutal wrestle on a plane, passengers outraged, attendants helpless: I saw the UK’s deportation policy at work | Hugh Muir

On the runway at Gatwick, the visceral reality of forced removals was laid bare. If only more could see what is done in our name It’s Gatwick airport, mid-afternoon, and on the runway there is turmoil. Public policy playing out in full view of the public. Voters, citizens, seeing what they don’t normally see. “Murdaar, murdaaaaar,” screams the bucking, brawling, brawny man as a clutch of male security officials, with solid intent and hi-vis yellow jackets, collectively fight to pin him into a se

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Express Politics25 Apr 2026

Blow to Labour as migrant deal with France branded ‘bad value for money’

Labour signed a £662 million deal with France this week in the latest attempt to curb the number of small boats crossing the English Channel.

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Express Politics24 Apr 2026

POLL: Will paying France to deport migrants solve Channel crisis?

Britain will cough up £660m to deport illegal arrivals despite widespread warnings that the deal will not work

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