Media Reports Archive : July 2020

The new PBS weakens UK work visa rules for citizens of 80% of countries around the world.

The new PBS weakens UK work visa rules for citizens of 80% of countries around the world.

Well over 3,000 have come since the start of the year.

Rocketing numbers of migrants crossing the Channel have alarmed MPs into launching an inquiry.

Another 43 migrants in four small boats were intercepted in the English Channel.

About 15 vessels were intercepted by the Border Force.

A migrant stole a pedalo from a French beach in a bid to reach British soil.

More than 2,800 migrants have reached the UK this year, with a record number of 180 arriving last weekend.

Migration Watch UK warned: “It is vital that the provisions are followed with effective enforcement. This has become much too feeble.'

The number of migrants crossing the Channel has been accelerating with forecasts suggesting it could hit 7,500, four times rate last year.

Tony Smith is a former Head of the UK Border Force and Director of Ports and Borders in both the UK and Canada.

So weak is the Government's grasp on the deepening emergency that it does not even know the total number of illegal immigrants in the UK.

Migrants who cross the Channel in small boats should be returned to France before they can apply for asylum, the former head of the Border Force said.