Since the beginning of this year, the UK government has accelerated its efforts to combat illegal immigration. Data released on January 2, 2024, shows that the number of illegal immigrant boats arriving in the UK decreased by 36% compared to last year, with 112,000 asylum applications processed...
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...
According to her, the lackluster performance of the British economy in recent years has also added to public dissatisfaction with the government. The UK's GDP grew by 0.1 percent year on year in 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics. Soon after it came to power, the Starmer...
[6]For more detailed analysis of this provision and the applicability on legislation such as the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and the Illegal Migration Act 2023, see John Wadham, Fiona Byrne, More Human Rights: Protocols 4, 7 and 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Hum...
[INT/2023/3179120] The General Licence has been updated as follows: The definition of UK Designated Persons(DPs) was amended to: "Those individuals or entities designated (or owned or controlled by an individual or an entity designated) for the purposes of an asset freeze by the UK under ...
Immigration solicitor Sophie Lucas, of Duncan Lewis Solicitors, adds that the estate would have to expand around "four-fold" to be able to house the numbers that would be detained - with each 28-day stay costing around £3,000 per person according to Home Office statistics. ...
On social media, Sunak urged lawmakers to support "the toughest ever anti-illegal immigration legislation." "This bill will allow us to control who comes into this country – not criminal gangs or foreign courts," he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "To stop th...
In 2023, following the Hamas attacks in Israel, the Headteacher of Barclay Primary School banned students from wearing pro-Palestinian badges.[40]Protests from parents followed, forcing the school to close two days early at the end of term because of threats to staff who feared for their safet...
The Rwanda policy is key to Sunak’s pledge to "stop the boats "bringing unauthorized migrants to the U.K. across the English Channel from France. More than 29,000 people made the perilous journey in 2023, down from 42,000 the year before. Five people died last week while trying to ...
There are arguments about the death toll with claims by Israel spokesmen and women that the statistics cannot be believed as they are produced by Hamas. The report is dated of course but the reported death toll is now around 43,000. Even in the first six months, the UN observes that thou...