Tag: Migration
Illegal Migration Bill: Jenrick sees no more compromises on migration bill
The government hopes to pass the Illegal Migration Bill before the summer recess.
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Migration Bill: Lords reinsert child detention limits
In other votes on Wednesday, the Lords voted to reinsert a ban on deportations of LGBT migrants to 10 mainly African countries, including Rwanda, Nige [...]
Migration bill: Minister accuses Lords of trying to wreck asylum reforms
Robert Jenrick says the government can't back some changes made by peers to its migration bill.
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Migration bill climbdown expected on child detention limits
The bill is central to Rishi Sunak's pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel.
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Migration Bill: Lords vote to keep child migrant detention limits
Peers voted to reverse a government plan to remove existing caps in the Illegal Migration Bill.
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Tory MPs issue plan for Rishi Sunak to slash migration
The New Conservatives group say the PM risks "eroding public trust" unless the numbers are cut by 400,000.
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Migration bill: Government suffers series of defeats in Lords
Peers amend the Illegal Migration Bill to add safeguards for child migrants and modern slavery victims.
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Lords debate Illegal Migration Bill until 4am
Liberal Democrat Lord Scriven said: "It is not funny and amusing to be told that we have to stay here until goodness knows what time to do our job bec [...]
Rishi Sunak prioritises illegal migration in European talks
A summit of 47 nations in Moldova is likely to be dominated by the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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Rise in migration from India to NI, report suggests
Changes to the visa system for high-skilled and medical workers attracts people from Asian countries.
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Migration: Missed targets and a Tory obsession
How did a promise to get net migration down to the "tens of thousands" go unfulfilled for 13 years?
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Big migration number sparks even bigger debate
Politicians are grappling with the trade-offs involved in designing a post-Brexit immigration regime.
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UK net migration up with Ukraine and Hong Kong arrivals
UK net migration is at a record 606,000, a figure that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says is "too high".
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Rishi Sunak has lost control of migration, says Keir Starmer
It comes ahead of official figures on Thursday expected to show legal UK migration at record levels.
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Prime minister Rishi Sunak quizzed on legal migration goal number
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that legal migration numbers are too high, but refused to give a precise figure on what an acceptable number was. [...]