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'It sends the wrong message': Tory MP slams Home Office plan for new £2m migrant reception centre in Dover amid calls for money to be spent on stopping boats crossing channel

17/08/21 15:01

The centre is being developed at the Dover docks to process the record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel, and will allow Border Force officials to test, check, interview and feed migrants at the site. The £2million Intake Unit, which will be converted from a disused welding site, will be ready next May. But some MPs have slammed the plans and said it sends the wrong signal by suggesting that illegal cross-Channel migration cannot be prevented, The Telegraph reported. Tory MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke, 50, instead argued that the multi-million pounds should be spent on trying to stop arrivals from crossing the Channel....read

Asylum seekers will be put in huge holding centres that can house up to 8,000 applicants under Home Office plans
14/08/21 00:28
Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to streamline the asylum process - and make hazardous and illegal entry via the Channel less attractive.
'I'm a white man I won't be told what to do by a p***': Two men, 26 and 30, are jailed over vile racist social media video targeting Priti Patel
13/08/21 11:51
Jake Henderson, 30, was jailed for ten weeks at Mansfield Magistrates' Court after making the original video, while Robert Cumming, 26, who shared the clip, was handed six weeks.
'Britain's most hated landlord' who tried to ban 'coloured' tenants now offers to house asylum seekers in flat blocks - if the government pays
12/08/21 14:26
Fergus Wilson, who tried to ban 'coloureds' from his properties, has gone to Priti Patel with the offer to sell four blocks of flats in Kent belonging to his wife Judith (pictured together).
Only SEVEN criminals were on Home Office deportation flight to Jamaica at a cost of £40,000 each after last-minute legal challenges meant FORTY-THREE others were left in the UK
11/08/21 21:15
Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, has voiced her 'deep anger and frustration' after murderers, rapists and paedophiles dodged deportation to Jamaica by lodging last-minute legal challenges.
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Alone in the sea: Forlorn figure watches the 'biblical' fires sweeping Greece in country's worst heatwave for 30 years amid 113F temperatures
08/08/21 00:30
A picture shows a lone onlooker watching the fires on Kochyli beach near the village of Limni on the island of Evia, 100 miles north of Athens. More than 600 people fled on boats as flames closed in.
Britain spends £500,000 a year to keep Channel migrants' boats piled up in a car park in case the 'owner' comes forward to claim them - and now plans to build a £2MILLION processing facility in Dover
07/08/21 09:52
Current legislation states small boats used by migrants to cross the Channel must be stored for 12 months in case someone comes forward to claim it, costing £500,000.
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Most migrants in a day EVER: A record 482 cross Channel in one day - bringing 2021 total to 10,222 - as DOZENS of migrants on overloaded dinghy are caught on video streaming into Kent and a further 300 arrive today
05/08/21 10:19
More than 10,000 migrants have officially crossed the Channel by small boat so far this year after almost 500 made the dangerous journey yesterday - a new record.
As Lord Digby Jones criticises Olympics presenter Alex Scott: Is it ever OK to shame someone for their accent?
04/08/21 22:00
Lord Digby Jones slammed Alex Scott's Olympics coverage, saying 'elocution lessons' were needed. Nabila Ramdani and Rachel Rounds debate if it's ever OK to shame someone's accent.
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Police chiefs tell Priti Patel officers 'deserve better' than the Government's pay freeze as they renew plea for salary hike
04/08/21 14:41
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) has written to the Home Secretary to renew its plea for a salary hike.
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It's Priti pricey! Home Secretary Priti Patel picks up £3,200 outfit for a policing event - including a £2,300 navy satin shirt dress from luxury womenswear designer Laura Green and matching £900 navy pillbox hat
31/07/21 21:02
Priti Patel, 49, wore a £2,300 navy satin shirt dress on Wednesday at the dedication ceremony for the new UK Police Memorial in Staffordshire to honour the courage and sacrifice of fallen officers.
Home Office held 56 migrants including mothers with babies and very young children in 'cramped' and 'unfit' room in Dover covered in thin mattresses, MPs say
30/07/21 05:30
The Home Affairs Committee slammed the conditions in Kent this week in a letter to Priti Patel (pictured).
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Revealed: How more than 2,000 UK-bound migrants have dispersed from Calais into small groups and gone into hiding in sand dunes and woodland along 100 miles of French coast to evade police
29/07/21 13:46
Attempts by French police to prevent the would-be boat people to gather en masse in areas around Calais - the site of the infamous Jungle camp - have resulted in them dispersing.
Priti Patel accuses the Police Federation of playing politics in row over pay freeze and says officers really want 'practical action that helps them get on with their job'
29/07/21 09:37
Priti Patel has hit back at the Police Federation as a furious row over a pay freeze for officers rumbles on.
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Prince Charles pays tribute to police officers 'who have laid down their lives to keep us safe' as he unveils 12ft tall brass memorial of 'falling leaves' to honour those killed in the line of duty
28/07/21 14:11
Prince Charles unveiled a plaque for the monument at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which commemorates almost 5,000 police officers and staff who have died on duty.
Human rights groups complain Boris Johnson's plan to make yobs and criminals work in 'fluorescent-jacketed chain gangs' to repay 'debt to society' will 'cause generational harm, stigma and division'
27/07/21 10:27
Boris Johnson today vowed to force yobs to work in 'fluorescent-jacketed chain gangs' as part of his Beating Crime plan, prompting an immediate backlash from human rights groups.
I'll make yobs clean the streets: Priti Patel vows to crack down on crime with GPS and alcohol tags for offenders and new search powers for police in bid to beat knife plague
26/07/21 21:42
Writing in today's Daily Mail, Priti Patel promises to make 'yobs pay back to the communities they've blighted'. The scheme is part of Boris Johnson's Beating Crime Plan.
More Albanian prisoners will be deported from British jails to serve their sentences in home country under new deal as figures show 1,500 are currently in custody - the highest of any foreign national
26/07/21 18:40
More Albanian criminals will be expelled from England and Wales and transferred to prisons in their home country under an agreement reached Monday by the government.
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The TikTok ads that promise to get migrants to Britain for £20k: People-smugglers are brazenly touting their services on social media sites, probe reveals
25/07/21 21:00
One human trafficker has posted on TikTok offering to provide a 'secure journey' from Albania to the UK for around £20,000 while ridiculing British attempts to crack down on illegal migration.
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Priti Patel is criticised by Cabinet colleagues over concerns immigration rules are contributing to a shortage of food on supermarket shelves
25/07/21 00:59
Priti Patel was criticised by Cabinet colleagues last week over concerns that immigration rules are contributing to a shortage of food on supermarket shelves, The Mail on Sunday understands.
Police anger over pay freeze could see officers enforce a 'go-slow' on 999 calls or ditch their guns on VIP duty, their federation warns
25/07/21 00:41
The Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents 130,000 officers, declared last week it had no confidence in the Home Secretary Priti Patel after she refused to fund an annual pay rise.
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Priti Patel is urged to spare a billionaire dubbed 'Britain's Bill Gates' from a 'grotesque and unjust' extradition to US over claims he cooked the books at firm he sold for £8billion
25/07/21 00:20
The Home Secretary faced an impassioned call from Tory colleague and ex-Cabinet Minister David Davis to give billionaire Mike Lynch more time to fight his case from the UK.
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England player Tyrone Mings lives it up in Ibiza as he enjoys a jet ski ride... after calling out Home Secretary Priti Patel over racism remarks
23/07/21 15:30
He was part of the England squad that made history with their Euro 2020 success. So Tyrone was treating herself to a well-earned break as he lived it up in Ibiza on a yacht trip with his friends
Chief constable brands police pay freeze an 'insult' to officers as Police Federation chief says forces feel 'bitterly let down, betrayed' and Labour tells Priti Patel it's not too late to change course
23/07/21 12:35
The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police has branded the decision to impose a pay freeze on officers as 'wholly unacceptable' and an 'insult'.
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U-turn hint over threat of 14-year jail terms for journalists who use leaked Government documents in revamp of Official Secrets Act as No 10 says 'freedom of the press is an integral part of the UK's democratic process'
22/07/21 17:02
Under a consultation run by Priti Patel 's Home Office, which closes today, reporters who handle secret documents would be hit hard under laws changes designed to clamp down on spies.
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Incredible pictures show packed migrant boat dwarfed by cross-Channel ferry as dozens more refugees arrive on UK's shores and Britain becomes 'a laughing stock to the rest of Europe'
22/07/21 08:37
Priti Patel's 'ridiculous' £54million migrant deal with France has sparked a Tory backlash, with MPs telling her to get tough with French authorities 'fobbing her off with excuses' as the Channel crisis spirals.
Fury at plans that could jail reporters for up to 14 years for stories that embarrass the government by treating them like spies under the Official Secrets Act
21/07/21 23:01
A consultation by Priti Patel 's Home Office closing this week wants to update the 1989 act to account for changes in the digital age, especially around data transfer.
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Priti Patel defends Home Office decision to continue to allow asylum seekers to sleep in dormitories of up to 14 at scandal-hit Napier barracks despite major Coronavirus outbreak there earlier this year
21/07/21 17:13
Nearly 200 people at the barracks in Folkestone contracted Covid-19 during a major outbreak earlier this year. In April, the Home Office declared the outbreak was over.
BBC veteran John Simpson leads backlash against 'dangerous' plans to muzzle journalists as he admits he 'probably' would've been prosecuted at the start of his career if proposed changes to Official Secrets Act were in place
21/07/21 15:19
Reporters given leaked documents would be treated similarly to spies and face jail sentences of up to 14 years under planned changes to the Official Secrets Act.
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Crying toddler and barefoot children are brought ashore as around 100 migrants arrive in the UK today after number crossing the Channel in 2021 ALREADY hit a record yearly high of 8,452
21/07/21 13:57
Nearly 8,500 have now made the treacherous English Channel crossing so far this year, according to official figures - compared to the record number of 8,410 in the whole of 2020.
'France is making a mockery of UK': Furious Tories accuse Priti Patel of 'throwing good money after bad' with £54m Anglo-French migrant patrol deal - as ex-Border Force chief officer says UK is simply 'operating a collection service' in Channel
21/07/21 07:36
Retired immigration official Kevin Saunders told GB News that Border Force is just 'operating a collection service from the Channel' as 20 more migrants arrived in southern England this morning.
Wolf whistling and catcalling could become crimes under plans to bring an end to 'public sexual harassment'
20/07/21 21:31
Priti Patel will unveil plans for a national police lead officer to combat violence against women and girls ensuring offences such as indecent exposure and street harassment are taken more seriously.
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'France is making a mockery of UK': Furious Tories accuse Priti Patel of 'throwing good money after bad' with £54m Anglo-French migrant patrol deal - as ex-Border Force chief officer says UK is simply 'operating a collection service' in Channel
20/07/21 19:37
Home Secretary Priti Patel and French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin confirmed they had made an agreement to strengthen cooperation on illegal immigration in the Channel.
Journalists could face up to 14 years in prison for stories embarrassing the Government under proposed changes to the Official Secrets Act that would treat them like foreign SPIES
20/07/21 13:38
Under a consultation run by Priti Patel's Home Office, reporters who handle leaked documents would not have a defence if charged under new laws clamping down on foreign agents.
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'None of us can swim': Kuwaiti girl, 12, whose family paid £8,000 to people smugglers for perilous crossing from Calais is among hundreds more arriving today as 2021 total passes 8,000 - the same as the whole of 2020
20/07/21 06:07
Border Force intercepted what is believed to be the first boat at sea and brought its occupants into Dover Marina, Kent shortly before 10am. Around 20 people were seen being escorted up the gangway.
More than 100 protesters chant 'love football, hate racism' outside Downing Street as they hold demo in support of England's black footballers who suffered racist abuse after Euro 2020 final
17/07/21 17:18
Chants of 'Black Lives Matter' rang out in London as the demonstrators raised their fists and held anti-racism placards aloft, and heard from speakers including Labour politician Diane Abbott.
'Freedom of speech for all… except pesky footballers who should know their place': Gary Lineker sarcastically lashes MPs who try to win votes by talking about football but don't want players getting involved in politics
13/07/21 18:55
Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell took to Twitter to bash England footballer Tyrone Mings who took a swipe at Priti Patel by accusing the Home Secretary of 'stoking the fire' of racism.
NO Downing Street reception for England stars amid squad's race row with ministers: Plans for bash are shelved but No10 insists the FA NEVER wanted one unless they won Euros
13/07/21 09:14
Downing Street tonight scrambled to head off speculation that plans for an reception for the England team had been shelved due to a race row.
'You don't get to stoke the fire and then pretend to be disgusted at racist abuse': England ace Tyrone Mings slams Priti Patel after she condemns attacks on Three Lions stars - as Boris tells trolls to 'get back under your rocks'
12/07/21 19:17
Tyrone Mings tonight launched an astonishing broadside at Priti Patel by accusing the Home Secretary of 'stoking the fire' of racism by labelling the team's taking the knee as 'gesture politics'.
Priti Patel bans US white supremacist group The Base accusing it of preparing for 'race war' with weapons and explosives training - as members face a maximum 14-year prison sentence
12/07/21 15:40
If passed by Parliament, Patel's proscription order would designate The Base as a terrorist organisation. Allegedly operating since 2018, the primarily US-based group has cells all over the globe
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Boris Johnson 'totally rejects' accusation his past behaviour provoked racist abuse of black England players as Labour's Angela Rayner and ex-England star Gary Neville lash out following his condemnation of Euro 2020 final defeat aftermath
12/07/21 11:44
Labour politicians and party supporter Gary Neville hit out at the Prime Minister's own record amid widespread public revulsion at social media hatred shown towards Three Lions stars.
Victory for Priti Patel as Albanian killer who raked in £40k a year from car wash job - and was once on Interpol's most wanted list - is finally deported after five years
10/07/21 21:01
Selami Cokaj (pictured), 47, once on Interpol's most wanted list, fled to Britain after escaping from prison in Albania where he had been jailed for stabbing a man to death in 1994.
Priti Patel signs deal with Albania to speed up deportation of crooks who were born there but moved to Britain
09/07/21 00:50
The agreement, signed by the Home Secretary with the eastern European country, will make it easier to remove convicted offenders.
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Migrant boats will be turned and sent back across the Channel under Priti Patel's new shake-up of rules
05/07/21 21:35
Priti Patel will today unveil powers for UK Border Force to turn away migrant boats in a new bid to tackle the Channel crisis and shake up the asylum system.
European human rights chief urges MPs to vote down government legislation over fears of 'significant impact' on freedom to protest
05/07/21 14:55
Dunja Mijatovic of the Council of Europe has warned that measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill could have a 'significant impact' on freedom of expression.
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Migrants who cross the English Channel in small boats could be arrested on arrival under new laws brought forward by Priti Patel
04/07/21 11:30
The Home Office has announced migrants who make the perilous crossing and the people smugglers who enable the journeys to happen will face tougher punishments to prevent 'asylum shopping'.
Crime commissioner urges Priti Patel to scrap plans for graduate-only police recruits and says ex-soldiers will be better than university leavers with 'expressive dance' degrees
04/07/21 11:03
Speaking to the Telegraph, Marc Jones, Lincolnshire's police and crime commissioner, has warned that such a scheme could exclude older recruits - such as those who join from military backgrounds.
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EXCLUSIVE: Mother of yob who jostled Chris Whitty apologises and says her son 'misread the situation' after his estate agent friend got sack over the shocking incident
01/07/21 18:23
EXCLUSIVE The viral video of Jonathan Chew and his friend Lewis Hughes, both 24, grabbing the Government's top medical adviser as he walked through St James' Park was highly criticised.
Nearly 6,000 migrants cross English Channel in first six months of 2021: Figures show record number of people continue to make journey in small boats despite Priti Patel's vow to make route 'unviable'
01/07/21 11:36
Migrants (pictured today) still risk the dangers involved in crossing the 21-mile Dover Strait in rubber dinghies, despite Priti Patel's vows to make the route 'unviable'.
'I wanted a SELFIE with Chris Whitty for my mum': Essex estate agent, 24, who was sacked for accosting chief advisor had been drinking on anti-vax march before incident - as jeering pal says he has ADHD and 'meant no harm'
30/06/21 22:27
Lewis Hughes, 24, was fired from Caplen Estates Agents after the clip of him and friend Jonathan Chew, also 24, with the Chief Medical Officer in St James' Park on Sunday went viral.
Two men admit inciting racial hatred after sharing 'grossly offensive' Snapchat video targeting Priti Patel
29/06/21 16:48
Jake Henderson, 28, from Newark, posted a Snapchat video in which he used a racially abusive word to describe Home Secretary Priti Patel following a Covid-19 briefing.
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Cabinet ministers rally to defend Boris Johnson over his failure to sack Matt Hancock as Jacob Rees-Mogg says loyalty is the PM's 'great strength' and premiers 'do better' if they don't respond 'all the time' to 'political froth'
29/06/21 10:42
Mr Rees-Mogg said Mr Johnson's 'great strength' is his 'loyalty to the people who work for him' and that 'engenders loyalty in return'.
Priti Patel blasts parents who smack their children as she says it is 'appalling' and 'incomprehensible' after experts call on the Government to ban physical punishment
29/06/21 09:19
Priti Patel today blasted parents who smack their children as she said it is 'appalling' and 'incomprehensible' after experts called for it to be banned.
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Priti Patel will overhaul Border Force with new supremo in charge of stopping Channel crossings and overhauling 'broken' asylum system
29/06/21 01:00
The Home Secretary will unveil proposed new laws next week that will deny illegal migrants the right to settle in the UK.
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Priti Patel 'opens talks with Denmark to open new centre in AFRICA to process asylum seekers who want to come to UK'
27/06/21 22:56
Priti Patel is working on legislation which could see asylum seekers processed in an offshore centre. The UK is reportedly in talks with Denmark to opening a processing centre in Rwanda, Africa.
Priti Patel demands the Met Police does more to stop pro-Palestine protest convoys driving to London after demonstrators came from as far as Bradford for anti-Israel rallies
26/06/21 22:23
Since mid-May, cars have driven into London from as far afield as Bradford and Sheffield to join demonstrations against Israel. Pictured: Priti Patel.
Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to STOP police chiefs from speaking out about government 'because it gives the impression officers are setting policy'
25/06/21 08:15
Patel has become concerned about officers commenting on politics, and believes it is often unclear that the government, rather than the police, decides policy.
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Priti Patel says British citizens living in the EU five years after Brexit vote are being denied work and healthcare
23/06/21 01:14
The Home Secretary took aim at European countries who she said are making life difficult for expats with over-the-top border checks, short application windows and paperwork issues.
Samantha Cameron says husband David 'loves employing women' because they 'work harder, give more' and don't have 'fragile egos' like men
22/06/21 10:07
Speaking on the Imposter podcast, Samantha Cameron, 49, from London, said she believes women are sometimes 'better at jobs than men' and do not have the 'ego to go with it'.
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Michael Gove joins Priti Patel for a night out at lavish Mayfair private members' club Oswald's - as he gets set to announce whether Covid passports will be used to keep pubs and restaurants open through winter
22/06/21 09:37
Michael Gove and Priti Patel were photographed leaving the exclusive private members' club Oswald's in Mayfair, London, last night, following a dinner for two.
Priti Patel tells Border Force officers to stop attending 'unconscious bias' workshops because they are 'complete nonsense'
19/06/21 21:13
The training is supposed to challenge prejudiced ways of thinking, such as who gets a job promotion or how officers interact with the UK public. Pictured: Priti Patel.
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Unite leadership contender Howard Beckett who was suspended by Labour for saying Priti Patel should be deported and said the UK's defence budget should pay for traveller sites pulls out of race
18/06/21 15:12
One of the candidates in the election to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite has withdrawn after a series of controversies.
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'Deeply ashamed' ministers apologise for convicting just 1,439 rapists out of 128,000 rapes committed in the UK in a year and 43,187 that were reported to police
17/06/21 21:31
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Home Secretary Priti Patel set out a blueprint which will see new targets introduced for the criminal justice system across England and Wales.
Jacob Rees-Mogg DEFENDS England fans who boo 'Marxist' players for taking the knee claiming it is 'pushback against wokeness' - despite Boris Johnson urging fans to get behind the team at Euro 2020
15/06/21 13:27
The Commons Leader said that ugly scenes that have marred recent internationals were caused by supporters opposed to the 'underlying political message' of the Black Lives Matter movement.
I've lost faith in the system: Harvey Proctor pulls out of complaint over Scotland Yard's probe into false VIP paedophile ring claims
14/06/21 23:40
Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor has pulled out of a complaint over the Met's shambolic VIP sex abuse inquiry - saying he had totally lost faith in the system.
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'He wants to see fans cheering and not booing': Boris Johnson slaps down Priti Patel after she accuses England footballers of 'gesture politics' for taking the knee and refuses to condemn fans who jeered players at Wembley
14/06/21 13:24
The Home Secretary also refused to criticise fans at the game who booed the team when they made the symbolic anti-racism gesture before kick-off.
'When is she going to sort this?' Boris 'lashed out at Priti Patel' over migrant Channel crossings as ministers blame officials for failing to enforce policies
11/06/21 12:05
The Prime Minister is said to be furious about the number of small boats arriving in the UK.
Kent council reaches limit for number of child migrants it can look after as number of refugees to make dangerous Channel crossing this month passes 1,000
11/06/21 06:58
Kent County Council has warned it has 'reached the limit' for the number of unaccompanied child migrants it can look after - after the amount of people crossing the channel hit 1,000 for this month.
Crackdown on migrants who pose as children: Adults who pretend to be under 18 to claim asylum in UK will be reviewed by new specialist unit to assess their age
10/06/21 23:41
It comes after a series of high-profile cases of phonies - including a balding man who appeared to be in his 40s - ending up in school because they said they were minors.
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MPs demand Priti Patel's resignation over Covid outbreak among asylum seekers at Napier Barracks after judge ruled conditions in camp were unlawful
10/06/21 16:45
MPs pointed to the 2018 resignation of former Home Secretary Amber Rudd - as it was revealed Public Health England said asylum seekers should not be housed in dormitories at the Kent centre.
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Border Force intercepts 10 more migrants crossing the Channel as number to make dangerous journey during soaring temperatures this month passes 1,000
10/06/21 12:53
Some 179 people arrived in Dover yesterday as UK temperatures soared and 10 more made the crossing today. This brings the June total so far to 1,008 in 10 days, which could have set a record.
Dozens more migrants seize on warm weather to reach Britain as Border Force union chief says cross-channel migrants have Covid rates 20 TIMES higher than those of the UK population
09/06/21 17:49
Border Force officials were seen guiding newly arrived migrants to a holding facility after being picked up in a dinghy in the English Channel.
Two men are charged over 'grossly offensive' and 'racist' social media video targeting Priti Patel
09/06/21 12:14
Jake Henderson, 28, and Robert Cumming, 26, from Newark and Doncaster, have been accused of an offence under section 127 of the Communications Act.
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Border Force union chief says cross-channel migrants arriving in Britain have Covid rates 20 TIMES higher than those of the UK population
09/06/21 09:12
Lucy Moreton, of the Immigration Services Union, said that staff were reporting between five and 10 arrivals every day were testing positive upon arrival.
Border Farce Part 2: UK patrol boats have picked up migrant dinghies on French side of the Channel on 'a number of occasions' as pressure mounts on Priti Patel to cut the amount of crossings
06/06/21 21:26
The Home Secretary will haul in top brass from the UK Border Force today to demand an explanation - as well as a new plan to cut the number of crossings during the summer peak.
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The migrant boats that made it to Britain: Photos expose how Kent is at 'breaking point' as council SUES Home Office in bid to move smuggled children to other counties - after 1,000 crossed Channel last week
06/06/21 07:13
Kent County Council could launch a judicial review as early as this week to try to force Home Secretary Priti Patel to disperse the youngsters across the country after they arrive as 1,000 landed last week.
British boats should NOT enter French waters to pick up Channel migrants, says union chief, after Border Force collected asylum seekers with grateful permission from a Calais patrol that was supposed to stop them
06/06/21 01:02
Lucy Moreton, from the Immigration Services Union, said that the incident 'shouldn't happen' because the UK Border Force vessels should only have acted if there was a threat to life.
Priti Patel blames Facebook, Twitter and TikTok for the soaring number of migrants trying to reach the UK as she orders social media giants to remove posts that 'glamorise' illegal Channel crossings
05/06/21 21:01
Priti Patel has written to social media giants after a massive increase in the number of migrants travelling between Calais to Dover - with one TikTok video gathering 800,000 views.
PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Boris Johnson has betrayed us all on borders
04/06/21 21:39
AMANDA PLATELL: Can it be only five years since Boris Johnson and Priti Patel toured the nation before the EU referendum, promising Brexit would mean we'd take back control of our borders?
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Exposed: Home Office launches urgent probe into how our Border Force entered French waters to collect asylum seekers with grateful permission from a Calais patrol that was supposed to stop them - as REVEALED in captains' radio discussion
04/06/21 21:01
The controversial action on the French side of the Channel was orchestrated between senior crew members of HMC Valiant and French patrol ship Athos last Saturday.

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