Ministers ‘flying blind’ on migrant statistics because monitoring has ‘fallen apart’ during pandemic

Ministers are ‘flying blind’ on migrant statistics because monitoring how many foreigners are travelling to and from Britain has ‘fallen apart’ during Covid-19 pandemic Academics say there is no reliable data on how many migrants arrived last year  They also noted that an extra 1.25million people had ‘appeared’ in one survey Director of the Migration … Read more

Ministers ‘flying blind’ on migrant statistics because monitoring has ‘fallen apart’ during pandemic

Ministers are ‘flying blind’ on migrant statistics because monitoring how many foreigners are travelling to and from Britain has ‘fallen apart’ during Covid-19 pandemic Academics say there is no reliable data on how many migrants arrived last year  They also noted that an extra 1.25million people had ‘appeared’ in one survey Director of the Migration … Read more

‘Child’ migrant stopped at Swedish border was actually woman, 60

‘Child’ migrant stopped at Swedish border is actually a SIXTY-YEAR-OLD woman Woman in her sixties, who lives in bordering Denmark, had claimed she was a child so she could get around Sweden’s strict border controls The woman had said she was under 18 so she could visit her mother in Sweden She was stopped by … Read more

‘Child’ migrant stopped at Swedish border is actually a SIXTY-YEAR-OLD woman

‘Child’ migrant stopped at Swedish border is actually a SIXTY-YEAR-OLD woman Woman in her sixties, who lives in bordering Denmark, had claimed she was a child so she could get around Sweden’s strict border controls The woman had said she was under 18 so she could visit her mother in Sweden She was stopped by … Read more

Five are arrested over migrant riot at ex-army barracks that was torched by angry asylum seekers

Five men have been arrested over the riot at an ex-army barracks that was torched by asylum seekers in a row over conditions. Priti Patel strongly condemned the unrest at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, and police launched a probe after the disturbance. The riot reportedly broke out when migrants were told they would no … Read more

Joe Biden official tells Honduran migrant caravan to stop heading to the U.S.

A Joe Biden official has told the Honduran migrant caravan heading to the United States to stop their journey because ‘things at the border won’t change overnight’.    Guatemalan security forces on Sunday used sticks and tear gas to beat back the group just days before the advent of a new U.S. administration, which urged travelers to … Read more

Honduran migrant caravan 1,000 strong demands that Biden match his rhetoric about refugees

A caravan of Honduran migrants is approaching the U.S. border ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, creating the first major test of Biden’s plan to reverse many of Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The group of migrants was originally anywhere between 2,000 and 4,000 strong, although their numbers have dwindled as the march towards the United States … Read more

Up to 40 asylum seekers living at UK’s first migrant camp at Kent Army barracks go on hunger strike

Up to 40 asylum seekers living at Britain’s first migrant camp in Kent today went on hunger strike and are sleeping outdoors in protest at conditions inside. Many migrants gathered outside the barbed wire-topped fence at Napier Barracks in Folkestone at around 1pm chanting ‘freedom!’ and waving banners.  There have been reports of suicide attempts within … Read more

US border agents rescue a Mexican migrant, 25, after he was found hanging from wall in California 

US border agents rescue a Mexican migrant, 25, after he was found hanging from wall that juts out into the ocean in California Mexican man, 25, got stuck while scaling border wall in California on Tuesday   Patrollers found him suspended on section which extends into Pacific Ocean  Mexican authorities helped free him and US Customs … Read more

Ethiopian migrant is ‘hammered to death by farm worker in Italy’

Ethiopian woman who became a symbol of integration in Italy is ‘hammered to death and raped by a Ghanaian worker at her Alpine goat farm Agitu Ideo Gudeta built a thriving cheese business in Italy after fleeing Ethiopia She was seen as a success story at a time of political controversy over migration  Her Ghanaian … Read more