Legal Matters

Illegal Channel crisis – 3 key facts to remember

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

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?

How many taxpayer-funded mobile phones have been given to illegal immigrants?

Channel crossings are a scandal but illegal entries via all routes are rising fast

What is the evidence of asylum fraud?

24,000 people illegally crossed the Channel this year but just five have been returned

What do the public think about illegal Channel crossings?