Channel migrants will face x-rays and MRI scans to determine their age and stop men from sneaking into Britain posing as children

Officials will use X-rays and MRI scans to determine the age of asylum seekers falsely claiming to be unaccompanied children, the Government announced today.  MRIs of knees and collar bones could be used to check people arriving across the Channel in small boats along with X-rays of teeth, hands and wrists.  Immigration minister Robert Jenrick wants … Read more

Britain grants 72% of asylum claims by migrants to the UK

Britain grants 72% of asylum claims by migrants to the UK… almost three times the proportion France green-lights, analysis shows Asylum claims granted by Britain is nearly three times that granted by French Analysis showed how the percentage of claims granted by the UK has soared  Home Office allowed 72 per cent of claims at … Read more

Raab’s Bill of Rights is shelved for THIRD time so ministers can focus on Channel migrants crisis

Bill of Rights is shelved for THIRD time: Dominic Raab’s flagship act is put on hold again so ministers can focus on law over Channel migrants crisis Dominic Raab’s Bill of Rights will be shelved so ministers can focus on the border Rishi Sunak and Mr Raab are debating which parts of the Bill are top priorities  … Read more

Almost 44,000 migrants have reached Britain in 2022 with 50 arriving in Dover today

The number of migrants to cross the English Channel in small boats has edged closer to 44,000 so far this year as dozens more asylum seekers arrived illegally into the UK today.  Around 50 migrants were rescued and brought into the harbour at Dover, Kent, before dawn after making the dangerous crossing of one of … Read more

Robert Jenrick says plans to turn back migrants in the Channel have been ditched by the Home Office

Ministers AXE plans to turn migrant boats around in the Channel: Tough tactics ‘don’t work’ and are ‘currently withdrawn’ with ‘no plans’ to bring them back – despite record numbers making the journey Analysis found ‘limited circumstances’ where dinghies could be turned around Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said ‘no current plans’ to reinstate plans Minister’s … Read more

Council is latest to lose High Court bid to keep asylum seekers out of local hotel 

Council in Cambridgeshire is latest to lose High Court bid to keep asylum seekers out of local hotel Fenland District Council brought legal action over plans to use hotels in Wisbech  The council raised safety concerns and said it would be a change of planning use Mr Justice Holgate dismissed the council’s bid for an … Read more

Scott Morrison faces two choices about Novak’s future – but both are a ‘lose-lose’

Damned if they do, damned if they don’t: ScoMo faces two choices about Novak’s future – but both are a ‘lose-lose’ with serious consequences Labor frontbencher Kristina Keneally says Novak Djokovic saga is a lose-lose Ms Keneally said it came down to a lack of planning by the federal government  Visa bungle makes Australia look … Read more

Texas U.S. Border Patrol officers discover 75 migrants in freezing truck

PICTURED: Nearly 80 freezing migrants – including boy, 4, – are found crammed in the back of refrigerated truck in Texas U.S. Border Patrol agents located 75 migrants, among them a four-year-old boy, inside a refrigerated tractor trailer Wednesday in Edinburg, Texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the individuals were crowded inside the cargo … Read more

10 GOP govs line up at the Rio Grande with National Guard to demand Biden reinstate Trump’s policies

Why won’t Joe come to the border? 10 Republican governors line up at the Rio Grande with National Guard Units to demand Biden reinstate Trump’s policies and stop the migrant surge A group of 10 Republican governors, led by Texas’ Greg Abbott, convened on Wednesday at the southern border for a press conference They demanded … Read more

UK to hand France £54m extra cash in new deal to help them stop migrants

UK to hand France £54m extra cash in new deal to help them stop migrants leaving their shores as ‘ANOTHER record number of people make the perilous journey today’ UK will hand £54million to French border force to tackle Channel crossings Home Secretary Priti Patel announced new agreement with French counterpart Numbers of French police officers … Read more

Florida governor DeSantis claims 70% of migrants crossing in to Texas are heading to his state

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has claimed 70 percent of illegal immigrants crossing into the US are heading to his state, and blasted President Joe Biden‘s immigration policy. The governor’s comments came after he returned from a trip to the southern border in Texas, where he spoke to some of the 50 Florida law enforcement officials he … Read more