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  • 3 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Rajeev Syal |Diane Taylor

    People board a boat in Gravelines, France, on Saturday hoping to cross the Channel to reach the UK. People board a boat in Gravelines, France, on Saturday hoping to cross the Channel to reach the UK. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAA new law to fast-track the removal of asylum seekers who arrive from countries deemed to be safe is being drawn up by ministers, prompting concerns that thousands of claimants may not be given a fair hearing.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Josh Halliday |Ben Quinn |Diane Taylor

    When Nigel Farage held a victory lap of England after his mammoth local elections win on 1 May, he was characteristically bullish about Reform UK’s plan to shake up town halls. The party would send in Elon Musk-style budget-slashing units, he said, while promising to turf out asylum seekers and any civil servants working on climate change or diversity.

  • Jan 11, 2025 | theguardian.com | Diane Taylor

    More than 70 organisations from across France willcome together on Saturday to protest in Calais about UK policies to try to stop people crossing the Channel. At least 77 people died trying to cross the Channel in 2024, the highest number since crossings began in 2018. Non-governmental organisations that monitor these deaths believe last year’s number is even higher, with 89 deaths at the UK-French border of people attempting to reach the UK.

  • Jan 10, 2025 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Diane Taylor

    Almost 900 weapons were seized in one year from children detained in a young offender institution in the north of England, a prisons watchdog has found. In its annual report published on Friday into HM young offender institution Wetherby in West Yorkshire, the institution’s independent monitoring board found that children were in possession of a range of improvised weapons. The children told IMB they carried the weapons because they felt unsafe behind bars.

  • Dec 7, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Damien Gayle |Diane Taylor

    Gaie Delap cannot have a tag attached to her ankle because of a health condition and a device cannot be found that is small enough for her wrist. Gaie Delap cannot have a tag attached to her ankle because of a health condition and a device cannot be found that is small enough for her wrist. Photograph: Brian Farmer/PAA 77-year-old activist is facing recall to prison because her wrists are too small for an electronic tag.

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