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Britain’s controversial plan to deter migrants without papers from landing on British shores was on Tuesday poised to become law, prompting criticism from the United Nations. Issued on: 18/07/2023 -…

A British court ruled Thursday that a U.K. government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful, delivering a blow to the Conservative administration’s pledge to stop migrants making risky journeys across the…

French magistrates on Thursday filed preliminary charges against five French maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the deadly sinking of a flimsy migrant craft in the English Channel in 2021 that killed 27 people.…

Issued on: 05/04/2023 - 20:48Modified: 05/04/2023 - 20:47 Britain on Wednesday announced plans to house around 500 asylum seekers on a barge, as the government seeks…

Despite growing up in landlocked north London, Grimsby Town striker Danilo Orsi does like to be beside the seaside. After five years playing academy and college soccer in Florida, he is now aiming to make history with the Mariners, having…

Issued on: 12/03/2023 - 11:38Modified: 12/03/2023 - 11:40 The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as the network scrambled to stem an…

Issued on: 10/03/2023 - 21:26Modified: 10/03/2023 - 21:35 Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain's…

Issued on: 10/03/2023 - 08:29 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acclaimed Britain's "essential" alliance with France ahead of a bridge-building summit in Paris Friday aimed at…

Britain’s interior minister Suella Braverman said on Wednesday the government’s proposals to stop almost all migrants ever claiming asylum were legal despite warnings that the legislation would break international laws and be…

Issued on: 08/03/2023 - 17:23 France and Britain are working on a new deal to thwart migrants crossing the Channel, which could be agreed at a summit between leaders…