New poll shows Labour widening gap with the Tories as prime minister’s Illegal Migration Act dealt blow by Belfast High Court

UK government considers appeal after judge says act undermines post-Brexit human rights protections guaranteed in the region

Charity that challenged UK’s rwanda policy helps create space designed to evoke happier memories of homelands

The Labour leader confirmed he would scrap the rwanda scheme in his Dover speech, then confusingly blurred his own argument

Charity says children could be deported as adults before age can be formally determined

Government lawyers try to move date of court battle over rwanda plan earlier but are refused by judge

Government sources had indicated flights would begin in July, but order shows first could happen on 24 June

The Labour leader attacked Rishi Sunak’s approach to the small boats crisis as ‘gimmicks, not serious government’ and set out the party’s own plans to crack down on people smugglers

Leader says party would scrap ‘gimmick’ asylum seeker scheme and replace it with border security command

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK’s failed asylum system has turned refugee camps into a “job-centre for modern slavery” as he outlined Labour’s plan to stop small boat crossings on Friday 10 May. The Labour leader delivered a speech o ...

Hunters reportedly find five rwandan men in mangroves on Saibai Island, a known crocodile habitat

In a warning to those behind small boat crossings, Starmer will say: ‘These shores will become hostile territory for you’

Labour leader to promise to divert £75m to fund specialist force against smugglers using counter-terror powers

Lawyers helping detainees say they have been told that dozens have gone on hunger strike in detention centre near Heathrow

Robert Jenrick wrote that he was sharing “the truth that needs to be told” as he posted a new video explaining his decision to resign from government. Mr Jenrick resigned as immigration minister back in December 2023 as he criticised the go ...

Engineer living in Liverpool says he fears being arrested at any moment after receiving deportation notice

Charities fear ‘increasing risks of destitution and exploitation’ of refugees as they go into hiding

Swinney may be only candidate after withdrawal of Graeme McCormick

About 52,000 people are eligible under the scheme, but a government spokesperson said Kigali would accept ‘thousands’

Khaled is waiting to be deported from the Colnbrook centre where, he says, many who have fled persecution are struggling to cope with what lies ahead