Asylum seekers
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Is it time the world re-evaluated the rules on migration?
Today's Big Question Home Secretary Suella Braverman questions whether 1951 UN Refugee Convention is 'fit for our modern age'
By The Week Staff Published
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Would a Labour government stop the small boats crisis?
Keir Starmer proposes working with EU to 'smash' trafficking gangs but commits to halting Rwanda deportation scheme
By Harriet Marsden Published
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Labour’s plans to tackle small boat migrant crossings examined
feature Opposition dismisses ‘gimmicks’ such as Rwanda scheme and asylum barges and sets out five-point plan to clean up Tory ‘mess’
By The Week Staff Published
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Bibby Stockholm: the UK’s own Alcatraz?
Talking Point The controversial accommodation barge is the first secured by the government under its plan to cut the cost of housing asylum seekers
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Ascension island: UK could send small boats arrivals to remote Atlantic territory
Speed Read UK government weighs up alternatives if Rwanda scheme is ruled unlawful by Supreme Court
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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The cost of housing asylum seekers examined
feature UK government plans to host undocumented arrivals on barges to cut hotel bills
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Last updated
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What should the UK’s net migration target be?
Talking Point Cabinet split over key election issue as Home Office warns net figure could be near one million this year
By The Week Staff Published
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Politics and football pundits: should they stay on the sidelines?
Talking Point Gary Lineker and Gary Neville have both faced criticism for voicing political opinions
By The Week Staff Published
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Will Rishi Sunak stem the tide of small boats?
In Depth ‘Tough’ new legislation will promise swift deportation of those entering UK illegally as PM picks election battleground
By The Week Staff Published
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The row over migrant children missing from Home Office hotels
feature Government under fire after admitting hundreds of unaccompanied minors have disappeared from temporary accommodation
By Asya Likhtman Published
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US Republicans push to keep strict Covid border laws
Speed Read A judge ruled that the controversial Title 42 restrictions on asylum seekers should be scrapped
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Can Suella Braverman solve ‘national disgrace’ of UK’s migrant crisis?
Today's Big Question Home secretary ‘mired in controversy’ and under huge pressure as asylum system nears collapse
By The Week Staff Published
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What Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are saying about immigration
feature Conservative leadership rivals have both outlined plans to crack down on illegal migrants
By The Week Staff Published
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Why is Britain still bound to the European Court of Human Rights?
Today's Big Question Boris Johnson hints that UK will seek to quit Strasbourg court after it blocks first Rwanda flight
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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