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Higgins accuses UN of ‘losing credibility’ amid warning over climate change
The President of Ireland has accused the United Nations of “losing credibility” in a Ploughing Championship speech.
While criticising countries who had not achieved global sustainability goals, he said that the United Nations (UN) was...
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TUC leader Paul Nowak condemns Government over immigration
The leader of the TUC has launched an attack on the Government over its treatment of migrants, saying its response “shames” Britain.
He made the comments at the annual TUC congress in Liverpool.
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Highest number of small boat migrant crossings in single day of 2023 recorded
More than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday, the highest number on a single day so far this year.
Some 872 people crossed on 15 small vessels, according to the latest provisional Government data.
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Migrant Channel crossings top 20,000 for the year so far
More than 20,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel.
Some 300 people made the journey in five boats on Tuesday, according to Government figures, suggesting an average of around 60 people per...
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Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge docked at Portland Port as the boarding is expected within days
Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge (left) at Portland Port in Dorset. Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock has said barges would be used by a Labour government to house asylum seekers for a "very short" period while the cases...
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Items are loaded onto the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port
Items are loaded onto the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset, which will house up to 500 people.
The Home Office have said around 50 asylum seekers would board the Bibby Stockholm, with the numbers rising to...
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Housing refugees on barge is 'an accident waiting to happen', says charity chief
Housing asylum-seekers on the Bibby Stockholm risks “retraumatising” people who have escaped war zones and other “horrors”, the leader of a refugee charity has warned.
Steve Smith, the CEO of Care4Calais, also expressed his fear that...
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Portland residents set up Global Friendship Group for asylum seekers
Heather, a local resident from Portland, has spoken about a support group which has been set up to help support asylum seekers when they arrive.
The first arrivals are expected this month on the Bibby Stockholm barge which has been...
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Home Office denies asylum seeker barge is a 'floating prison'
The Home Office has denied a barge that is set to house around 500 asylum seekers is "a floating prison".
The Bibby Stockholm arrived in Portland on Tuesday and will open to around 50 asylum seekers next week. The vessel has been...
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The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge arrives into Portland Port
An accommodation barge has belatedly arrived at the port where it will house 500 asylum seekers as the Government’s migration plans were poised to become law after ministers saw off fresh challenges by peers.
Bibby Stockholm was pulled...
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Portland residents call for Bibby Stockholm barge to be housed elsewhere
Portland and Dorset residents protest the decision for the Bibby Stockholm barge to dock on Isle of Portland, where it will house migrants. Interviews with Kelvin Thomson, Lisa Black, Lorraine Beckett from Portland and Chantelle Warren...
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The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge arrives into Portland Port - drone footage
An accommodation barge has belatedly arrived at the port where it will house 500 asylum seekers as the Government’s migration plans were poised to become law after ministers saw off fresh challenges by peers.
Bibby Stockholm was pulled...
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Protesters argue in Portland as Bibby Stolkholm barge arrives
Protesters gather in Portland, Dorset as the Bibby Stockholm barge set to house migrants arrives at Portland Port.
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Yvette Cooper tells Home Secretary she has no grip on asylum system
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the “massive gap between the Tories’ rhetoric and reality shows the Home Secretary Suella Braverman still has no grip on the system and this Conservative chaos is letting everyone down”.
Her...
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I will not rest until the boats are stopped, Sunak
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says small boat crossings were down 20% and “our plan is starting to work” but there is still a “long way to go”, as he gave a speech on tackling migration during a visit to Dover.
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Sunak: We will wait to announce where new barges to house asylum seekers will be
Rishi Sunak said that he would “wait to announce” where new barges, set to house asylum seekers, would be located.
He said that the Government does “extensive engagement with local communities in advance of other large sites or barges”.
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Protesters gather as migrant barge prepares to leave Falmouth Docks
Protesters have gathered as a barge set to house asylum seekers, the Bibby Stockholm, prepares to leave Falmouth Docks.
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UK police ‘to help crack down’ on people smugglers operating in North Africa
UK police officers are to be tasked with breaking up people-smuggling gangs alongside security forces in North African countries, it has been reported.
The Times newspaper has been told National Crime Agency (NCA) officers would join...
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Politics daily briefing: May 28
All the latest political developments in the UK as the Home Office launches a new campaign to tackle small boat crossings.
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Net migration to UK climbs to new record of 606,000
Net migration to the UK hit a new record high of 606,000 last year, driven by people from non-EU countries arriving for work, study and humanitarian reasons, new estimates show.
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259 migrants on ‘unaccommodated list' is still 'too high', says minister
Minister for Equality and Integration Roderic O’Gorman has said 259 international protection applicants are currently without accommodation.
He said the number of people on the “unaccommodated list” has fallen due to the reopening of...
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Micheal Martin says housing asylum seekers is ‘a collective endeavour’
Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin speaking to the media at an event in Dublin.
Tanaiste Minister Micheal Martin has said that finding accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees is “a collective endeavour” by...
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Hunt defends economic approach on taxes and migrant labour
Jeremy Hunt insisted the Government was taking a “pragmatic” approach to migrant labour and a responsible stance on taxes and the public finances as he faced Tory pressure to change course.
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Europe's leaders gather in Iceland as Zelensky addresses Council Summit
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Council of Europe Summit in Iceland.
The Council of Europe meeting will see Europe’s leaders gather, with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set to push for ensuring greater security...