Dozens of exhausted migrants including families with young children waited on the side of the road to be picked up near Kingsdown Beach in Kent after crossing the English Channel today. At least 20 suspected migrants crossed from France into Britain today and landed on Kent shores, while another 40 were brought into the busy … Read more
Alessandra Ambrosio is back in Los Angeles after a stunning luxury vacation in The Maldives. And on Friday the Victoria’s Secret stunner was in great spirits as she left the Immigration Offices in Downtown LA with evidence of her newly acquired US citizenship. Moving to the United States to pursue her modeling career as a … Read more
He poses proudly for his picture outside the magnificent town hall in the French port of Calais. Wearing a black bomber jacket bearing the distinctive insignia of the Chicago Bulls basketball team and with a chunky watch on his left wrist, this is the man at the centre of a people-smuggling gang making millions fleecing … Read more
More than 1,000 migrants arrived in the UK in 10 days after crossing the Channel in small boats. Some 1,004 migrants were brought ashore by Border Force between August 4 and 13, analysis found. This takes the total so far this year to at least 4,511, more than double the amount thought to have crossed … Read more
A British expat living in France has claimed he offered his large dinghy to 11 migrants to make the treacherous journey across the English Channel. Tony Benson, who lives in Lens, a large town 100km from Calais, said he ‘wished the group luck’ after he drove up to the French coast to give away the … Read more
An alleged supporter of so-called Islamic State accused of planning a terror attack has told a court he was researching the group, claiming it was created by the US to stoke Islamophobia. Hisham Muhammad, 26, is accused of planning a ‘lone-wolf attack’ using knives and other weapons, with the armed forces or police as possible … Read more
More than 3.8million EU citizens apply to stay in the UK after Brexit transition period ends – with two million approved so far EU citizens must apply for settled status to stay in the UK after Brexit transition More than 3.8million have put in applications so far, according to Home Office Two million have been … Read more
Just one in five migrants who have tried to cross the Channel have been intercepted by France – as politicians from the country now claims the newcomers are lured into Britain by its generous welfare state. Immigration minister Chris Philp travelled to Paris on Tuesday to seek stronger enforcement measures – as Border Force continued … Read more
Priti Patel will today demand French co-operation in a massive new ‘blockade’ of the Channel to crack down on the migrant crisis. The Home Secretary will refuse to hand over any more taxpayers’ money to fund operations on French soil unless Emmanuel Macron’s government steps up action on illegal crossings. The French will also be expected … Read more
MEMOIR THE BOY WITH TWO HEARTS by Hamed Amiri (Icon £16.99, 288pp) In 2001, when Hamed Amiri was ten years old, his mother made a speech declaring that women ‘have the same rights as men’. In Taliban-ruled Herat, Afghanistan, this was a radical statement, and a dangerous one: that night, the Mullah called for her … Read more