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How is the UK stopping Channel crossings and what are the legal routes to the UK?

The Illegal Migration Bill has passed through Parliament ending a long stand-off between MPs and Lords. The bill is part of the government’s plan to tackle small boat crossings after record numbers arrived in the UK this way in 2022. What is the government’s plan to tackle migrants? Under the Illegal Migration Bill, which eventually passed …

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Solicitors regulator launches investigation of asylum claim law firms

The solicitors’ watchdog in England and Wales has confirmed it is investigating law firms accused of helping clients make false asylum claims. It comes after a Daily Mail reporter, posing as an economic migrant, asked law firms for help applying for asylum. Two companies allegedly agreed to help devise fictional backstories aimed at increasing the …

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Illegal Migration Bill: Government sees off final Lords challenge

The Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government won a final series of votes in the Lords. The legislation is central to the prime minister’s pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Under the bill, the home secretary has a legal duty to detain and remove anyone entering the …

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How many people cross the Channel in small boats and how many claim asylum?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that “stopping the boats” bringing migrants to the UK is a key political priority.Record numbers of people have crossed the English Channel in recent years, and the government has proposed a number of measures it hopes will tackle the issue.How many people cross the Channel in small boats?Small boat …

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Cost to remove a migrant £63,000 more than keeping in UK.

It could cost an estimated £63,000 more to send a migrant to a “safe country” such as Rwanda than to keep them in the UK, the government has said.An economic impact assessment of the Illegal Migration Bill, which is going through Parliament, found a gross cost of £169,000 to relocate an individual.But the estimated £106,000 …

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Many foreign students to lose right to bring family to UK

Foreign postgraduate students on non-research courses will no longer be able to bring family members to the UK, under new immigration curbs. The announcement has been made two days before official statistics are expected to show legal migration has hit a record 700,000 this year. Last year, 135,788 visas were granted to dependants of foreign …

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