Patel warned of uncertainty over Rwanda plan’s deterrent effect
By Ione Wells Westminster correspondent Priti Patel’s top civil servant warned her there was not enough evidence of…
UK Rwanda asylum plan against international law, says UN refugee agency
By Doug Faulkner BBC News The UK’s proposal to send some migrants who arrive in Britain on small boats to…
Channel migrants: Crossing numbers in 2021 triple 2020’s figure
Europe migrant crisis The number of people who crossed the English Channel in small boats last year was treble…
Covid: France suspends transit ban for UK nationals during Christmas period
Coronavirus pandemic UK nationals will be allowed to travel through France if they are going to their home in…
Channel tragedy: French authorities identify 26 victims
French authorities have formally identified 26 of the 27 bodies recovered after last month’s mass drowning in the English Channel.…
Channel migrants: France wants ‘serious’ talks with UK
Calais migrant crisis France’s interior minister has said he wants to work with the UK on migration but that…
Channel disaster: Kurdish woman is first victim identified
Calais migrant crisis A 24-year-old Kurdish woman from northern Iraq has become the first victim of this week’s mass drowning…