by Anjum Shahzada | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Four Migrant Boats Cross the English Channel Four small boats carrying 54 migrants have crossed the English Channel this week, the Home Office said. Eleven people reached the UK in one boat earlier, with 43 entering British waters in three vessels on Monday. A further...
by Anjum Shahzada | Oct 31, 2020 | News
UK Policy For Removing Migrants Ruled Unlawful A major plank of the UK’s strategy for removing failed migrants has been ruled illegal because it prevents the courts from considering their cases. In a significant ruling, the Court of Appeal said the policy risked...
by Anjum Shahzada | Oct 31, 2020 | News
Two children, aged six and nine, were among four people who died when their boat sank off the coast of France. How many youngsters have made the perilous crossing this year? More than 7,400 people have stepped into small boats and navigated one of the busiest shipping...
by Anjum Shahzada | Oct 31, 2020 | News
Two Iranian men have been jailed for smuggling themselves and 29 people across the Channel on two overcrowded rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIB). Ghodratallah Donyamali Zadeh, 26, and Ahmed Nayat Quadir, 20, were both sentenced to 24 months imprisonment on Thursday....
by Anjum Shahzada | Oct 3, 2020 | News
MPs have launched an inquiry into the rising number of people trying to enter the UK using small cross-Channel boats. More than 1,000 migrants arrived on UK shores in this way in July, while 235 were detained this Thursday – the record for a single day. The...