Tag: Small boats crisis

A Prime Minister without a mandate of his own has in effect extinguished the mandate and priorities upon which his party was elected with a stonking majority, says Patrick O'Flynn,

Politicians claim to be cutting the asylum backlog, but what they don't tell you is they are approving 76% of applications – more than double the EU average – and failing to deport most of the rest, says David Craig.

A Just Stop Oil mob today tried to stop the first asylum seekers returning to the Bibby Stockholm barge, claiming the migrants are victims of climate change and blaming the Government.

Former Supreme Court Justice and anti-lockdown legend Jonathan Sumption has made the case for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights – all the more remarkable as a Remainer on Brexit.

The Home Office is forcing some contractors to book hotels of “at least a minimum of three stars” to house small-boat migrants after costs soared to £8 million a day.

With the news that the Government is set to impose ruinous fines on employers and landlords who inadvertently take on an illegal immigrant, Ross Clark says it's time to accept this Government simply cannot stop the boats.

The unsayable truth about the UK housing crisis is that prices are so high because demand is strong, and demand is strong because the UK has welcomed 10 million migrants in 25 years, says Lionel Shriver.

When Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Rishi Sunak this week, on her agenda were two issues that she believes threaten Europe most: the illegal migrant boat crisis and Europe’s plummeting fertility rate.