December 2021

The fact that we lost control of asylum numbers 20 years ago is no good reason for repeating the experience

Now judges make it even harder to tackle people smuggling

Surging illegal boat crossings drive record spike in asylum age fraud

Asylum abuse by adults pretending to be children

Many if not most of those crossing the Channel destroy their identity documents

British borders, British values

We’ve got plenty of safe routes

Nearly 1,000 foreign criminals disappear – including killers, rapists and arsonists

We need a British Bill of Rights

What is the standard of proof required in asylum claims?

About half of five million net overseas immigrants since 2000 went to London, the South East and East of England

Tragic and avoidable