Migration
Net migration ‘could be down to around 300,000 in next few years’
Professor Brian Bell, the chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, said he thinks numbers will ‘come down quite rapidly’.
Illegal Channel crossings rise as Cooper refuses to set migration deadline
Labour previously pledged to have the highest rate of returns since 2018 in their first six months in office.
Migrant Channel crossings top 34,000 for year so far
Crossings resumed on Thursday after an eight-day hiatus, with more than 600 arriving in a single day.
I spent a month in Australia and can understand why so many young Irish people head there - Noel Doran
It’s not just the weather - the taxis are on time too
Construction industry cannot rely on foreign workers, says housing minister
The UK will need thousands of additional construction workers if it is to hit the Government’s target of building 1.5 million homes.
Immigration missing from Prime Minister’s plan for change ‘milestones’
Sir Keir Starmer pledged his Government would ‘reduce immigration’ but was unclear how this would be achieved.
Review into in-country asylum applications under way, Yvette Cooper confirms
Ms Cooper was taking questions about migration and border security in the Commons.
Nature’s winter migrants and John Montague: Reflections on home, exile and the Rough Field at Garvaghey in Tyrone
The life and legacy of poet John Montague - and where home might be for migrant birds
Cost of UK asylum system hits record £5.38bn
The total for 2023/24 was up 36% from £3.95 billion in 2022/23.
PM announces overhaul of immigration system as net migration hits 906,000
Sir Keir Starmer accused the previous government of running ‘a one-nation experiment in open borders’ at a press conference in Downing Street.