Sir Keir Starmer promises small boat migrants will be 'detained and sent back'

Rifkind, Blunkett and Straw give Starmer cover to suspend the ECHR

Sir Malcolm Rifkind announced in a letter to Friday’s Times that he has changed his mind. This Conservative former Foreign Secretary now favours withdrawing from, or suspending, the European Convention on Human Rights “so far as it applies to illegal migrants”. He “salutes” two former Home Secretaries, David Blunkett and Jack Straw, both of them Labour, for reaching the same view, and hopes “the Prime Minister and the Cabinet will accept that th…

Sir Keir Starmer promises small boat migrants will be 'detained and sent back'

The prime minister is facing mounting pressure to show results on tackling Channel crossings and ending the use of asylum hotels, with small-scale protests outside the hotels continuing.

Starmer promises action on small boat migrants as pressure mounts on Government

Former lord chancellor Lord Falconer said the Government had to convince people it had an answer to the crisis.

Keir Starmer has betrayed mothers and their daughters. This decision will be felt beyond Epping

In what is a blow to the local people of Epping, who are anxious over the presence of small-boat migrants at the three-star Bell Hotel, the Home Office has won its Court of Appeal case – meaning that the asylum seekers can remain at the establishment

Epping migrants overjoyed at Home Office asylum hotel victory

Asylum seekers have hailed a court victory that will allow them to continue living in migrant hotels.

Starmer promises action on small boat migrants as pressure mounts on Government - Rother Radio

Sir Keir Starmer has promised small boat migrants will be “detained and sent back” as he faced mounting pressure to show results on tackling English Channel crossings and ending the use of asylum hotels. The number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats remains at a record high for this point in a year and small-scale protests continued over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers. Labour former lord chancellor Lord Falconer warned hi…