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Judge orders return of alleged victim of trafficking sent to France under ‘one in one out’ scheme

Ruling quashes Home Office policy to refuse asylum seekers’ right to have trafficking claims reconsidered after initial rejection A high court judge has ordered the Home Office to bring an alleged victim of trafficking forcibly removed to France under the “one in one out” scheme back to the UK. It is the first ruling of its kind and could lead to more people affected by the “one in one out” policy being brought back to the UK. Continue reading...

France hits out at Reform UK plan to return migrants using Navy

It comes after the party said it would override French objections to return migrants to France.

Furious French explode as Nigel Farage reveals bombshell migration plan

Reform UK leader says deploying British military assets will 'save lives' as Channel crisis deepens

Reform UK has proposed using the navy to stop small boat crossings. Is their plan feasible?

Nigel Farage said his party would send the military to the Channel to intercept and return dinghies carrying migrants to France The Reform leader, Nigel Farage, whose summer has been dominated by the Guardian’s disclosure of a £5m undeclared donation and his connections with a fraudster, emerged on Monday to claim that his party would launch the “largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two” to prevent small boat crossings. Pointing to unrest at the Spain-Morocco border,

Nigel Farage vows to order Royal Marines to dump Channel migrants on French beaches

Tough action will help to 'save lives', says Reform UK leader as he unveils Operation Fortress

What chaos? Farage tries to distract with immigration plans – podcast

Nigel Farage has promised that Reform UK would call in the navy to tackle small boat Channel crossings. Will this familiar-sounding immigration policy distract from the party’s internal problems? Plus – as we learn more about Andy Burnham’s plans for devolution, is this the biggest rewiring of the UK state since the second world war? Read about Richard Tice being investigated by parliament’s standards watchdog here You can read Alexandra’s report on Andy Burnham’s trip to Dover here and about c

LIVE: Farage and Yusuf Host Press Conference on Illegal Immigration

Former navy officer criticises Reform plan to use military to stop small boats

Retired commander says policy lacks substance as party accused of trying to distract from Nigel Farage’s scandals UK politics live – latest updates A Reform UK proposal to use the military to stop small boats bringing migrants to the UK from France lacks substance, a former Royal Navy officer has said, suggesting the UK’s warships would be better used countering actual military threats. Reform’s political opponents have claimed its plans have more to do with distracting from the financial scan

Politics LIVE: Nigel Farage to reveal bombshell migration plan as Channel crossings surge

The Reform UK leader is giving a press conference this morning - follow live.

Burnham to be ‘relentless’ on small boat crossings after Ceuta crisis

Prime minister says UK needs to ‘bring back that control’, but safe routes for refugees are necessary to tackle trafficking Andy Burnham has pledged to be “relentless” in tackling small boat crossings after tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta, a Spanish territory, but said “safe routes” for refugees were necessary to tackle trafficking gangs. Speaking during a visit to Dover, the prime minister said he had been assured by the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, that approximately 98%

1,500 foreign criminals are living in UK asylum homes – and you're paying the bill

EXCLUSIVE: The astonishing scandal can be revealed for the first time after the Daily Express forced the Home Office to disclose the numbers.

Chris Philp reveals what French police told him on Channel beach

Exclusive: Chris Philp confronted French police who stood and watched migrants board dinghies for England - and what they told him was extraordinary.