All news on the topic: Migrant crisis

Rishi Sunak's government are reeling after a horrific seven days in which the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge policy fell apart and several migrants tragically died in the Channel

Rather than providing them life-saving jackets, the people-smuggling gang loaded six Afghan into several inflatable dinghies and sent them across the Channel from northern France in the early hours of Saturday morning

Populist gimmicks, such as sending asylum seekers to Rwanda or on to the Bibby ­Stockholm barge in Dorset, if either ever get off the ground, are not the way to tackle the crisis

The 24-hour Migrant Help hotline was handed £17million last year to support refugees, but asylum seekers face lengthy delays to speak to an advisor and calls often get cut off

A child and a 20-year-old man have died in the latest migrant boat tragedy after their vessel sank just 120 metres from the coast of Tunisia with 20 people having been on board

A further 1,000 people arrived in boats this week, taking the total to have crossed since 2018 to more than 100,000 - this is what happens if you prioritise gimmicks and bombast

The Home Office sent asylum seekers onto the Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland in Dorset despite knowing Legionella bacteria had been discovered in the water supply

A doctor treating the tuberculosis patient warned of a 'public health catastrophe' as the Home Office came under pressure to explain why it's not managed to stop Channel crossings

Rishi Sunak will face accusations he is weak and unable to stand up to the hardliners in the Conservative Party if he withdraws the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights

The Downing Street media grid has designated this "small boats week", with a series of crackdowns announced and re-announced as the first migrants board the Bibby Stockholm barge

The government's latest attempt to house asylum seekers and deter small boats is the 10,659-ton Bibby Stockholm barge, docked off shore at Portland Port with the first 15 people moving aboard this week

An asylum seeker has compared the 1970s-built, 10,659-ton Bibby Stockholm, moored on the Isle of Portland, to the notorious American jail on an island offshore from San Francisco

The idea to send asylum seekers to the South Atlantic has been revived by desperate Tories as thousands of migrants continue to cross the Channel to Britain

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, who previously warned about 'ugly bigotry' in British politics, defended the Conservative Party Deputy Chairman by insisting he'd said 'nothing unreasonable'

Labour accused Suella Braverman of seeking headlines instead of sorting the mess caused by Tories. In March, 172,758 asylum seekers were waiting for an initial decision on their case

Migrants have boarded the Bibby Stockholm moored on the Isle of Portland, with more due later today, as Downing Street was forced to correct a Home Office Minister over the numbers expected this week

Tory ministers once again are looking at proposals to move asylum seekers to the volcanic isle in the South Atlantic, which does not have a hospital or facilities for large numbers

Ministers have refused to confirm exactly when asylum seekers will step onto the vessel moored on the Isle of Portland - but reports suggest it could happen within hours

So far, the country's coastguard has rescued 57 migrants from two boats that capsized during the night in rough seas south of a tiny Italian island and recovered two bodies, authorities said

Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock confirmed the party would continue to house migrants on vessels like the Bibby Stockholm, despite a huge public outcry

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden lashed out at the Fire Brigades Union after it raised safety fears about the Bibby Stockholm, currently moored on the Isle of Portland

As summer migrant numbers are at their usual high number, NYC leaders have made a deal which prompts hotels to offer shelter space to those who need respite, but a line of people sleeping on cardboard boxes outside of one such famed Manhattan hotel is making it clear to authorities that enough isn't being done

Keir Mudie says Tory politicians are 'out of ideas, out of talent, massively behind in the polls' and the latest migrant plans are just a sign of things to come

A council cleaner last week discovered a tiny headless corpse washed up on a beach in Spain and authorities have now confirmed the baby girl had died in an attempted migrant crossing

The Bibby Stockholm docked on the Isle of Portland this morning and is expected to begin receiving asylum seekers within weeks