As reports suggest net migration could top a record-breaking 700,000 people environment secretary, Therese Coffey stressed that the main focus of the incumbent Tory government remains to '"tackle illegal immigration."
The government's legislation to stop illegal migration via small boats in the Channel is back in the Commons for the report stage and its third reading. It would give the home secretary broad powers to return illegal migrants to their country of origin o
These numbers would suggest this is a growing problem, but that's not necessarily the case. Illegal immigration into the UK is now a fraction of what it was 10 years ago. However, at a cost of $761.3 million in 2020, the Home Office's processing system has been ...
Immigration control is at the heart of this month's (May) UK election. Tory leader Michael Howard--himself the grandson of an illegal immigrant--has attempted to woo the electorate with vows to be tougher on immigration than Prime Minister Tony Blair.Olden, Mark...
This would reduce dependents and student numbers and make a substantial dent in net migration. These policies are still in their embryonic stages as part of a package of policies from the home office to tackle all immigration routes, not just illegal immigrants. The Impact on the Higher ...
This Russia Sanctions Tracker is a high-level summary of the measures imposed by the UK following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
UK interior minister Suella Braverman has acknowledged that the government "pushed the boundaries of international law" to draft the bill. The Sunak government, which has been languishing in the polls, has been under domestic pressure to stop the large numbers crossing the Channel. ...
which claims that if the current growth in migrant numbers is not curtailed, Britain's population will shoot from the current 61 million to 70 million in 20 years' time--a frightening prospect that caused the junior immigration minister, Phil Woolas, to pledge that the government would not all...
“This order will allow Virginia State Police and the Department of Corrections to partner with President Trump’s administration on federal immigration enforcement," Youngkin said in a statement. "Dangerous criminal illegal immigrants should not be let back into our communities...
crossing the English Channel so far this year, compared with almost 10,000 last June. However, it is difficult to tell whether the decrease was linked to Sunak's government's policies or other factors such as weather conditions. The summer months typically see much higher numbers making ...