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The claim: Photo shows migrants leaving NYC for Canada ahead of Trump presidency. A Nov. 14 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes an image showing several people stepping off a bus ...
Until the dispersal of the Calais Jungle in 2016, which contained an estimated 3,000 would-be immigrants to the UK, the majority of asylum seekers entering the country via the English Channel did so through the Channel Tunnel, mostly by hiding in vehicles.
On 7 August 2023, it was reported that the first group of 15 asylum-seekers had boarded the vessel, but a group of about 20 had refused to board. [21] On the same day, Dorset Council told the barge's operators that Legionella bacteria had been confirmed on the barge. [37] The asylum-seekers were evacuated a few days later, on 11 August. [38]
Sudanese migrants in Calais Jungle, June 2015. Migrants have gathered in and around Calais, on the northern French coast, since at least the late 1990s [1] seeking to enter the United Kingdom from the French port by crossing the Channel Tunnel [2] or stowing away in the cargo area of lorries heading for ferries that cross the English Channel. [3]
An aerial view of the Bibby Stockholm at Portland Port, in southwest England, on Sunday. Campaigners flagged safety concerns over the UK government's plans to house 500 asylum-seekers on the boat.
The last asylum seekers living on the Bibby Stockholm are set to leave the barge. A group of eight remaining men will leave the accommodation moored in Portland, Dorset, on Tuesday, according to a ...
Simon Murray, the undersecretary of state for the Home Office, defended the bill, saying the nation's asylum system and budget were overwhelmed and that removing the possibility of staying in the UK is the only way to prevent smugglers from exploiting would-be migrants. Some individuals argue that allowing asylum seekers to make an application ...
Britain said on Tuesday it would once again house a group of asylum seekers on a barge on its southern coast, two months after removing them due to the presence of contaminated water on the vessel.