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HUNDREDS more dinghy migrants got to Britain yesterday — as Sir Keir Starmer said he was getting a grip on the crisis. The PM agreed a deal with French pal Emmanuel Macron to initially return
The report undercuts months of assertions by senior Trump officials, who have repeatedly claimed they have no power to compel the return of these individuals.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday during a news conference that there will be “no amnesty” for migrants and mass deportations will continue to achieve a “100% American workforce.” Rollins cited the number of adults in the Medicaid program,
Although this strategy shocked many Americans, the offshoring of detention is not new. In fact, it has a recent precedent in American history: it was used during the so-called war on terror, when Washington detained suspected terrorists in one country and took them to another,
Migrants in Calais have told the BBC that they will stop at nothing to reach the UK. "We're going to try again and again to cross to the UK," said one migrant, undeterred by the efforts of border police, "that's why it's a game, and we're going to win".
Migrants were pictured reaching the shores of Dover on Friday morning, hours after Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer signed a new bilateral immigration deal.
Greek authorities have transported more than 500 migrants to a port on the mainland in an effort to relieve strain on the island of Crete after a surge in arrivals from Libya.
Greece will stop processing asylum applications of people coming from North Africa, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, amid a surge in migrant arrivals.The announcement came a day after EU's migration commissioner and ministers from Italy,