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After 1,000 migrants arrive on British shores in one day, the UK gives France an ultimatum
ByMichael Armstrong January 9, 2022

France is going to have to get its act together if it wants to see the cash, says Home Secretary Priti Patel The French government will not see a penny of the promised financial aid until it stops the flow of migrants heading for the British Isles across the English Channel, said British Home Secretary…

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UK ponders using retired cruise ships to process asylum seekers offshore
ByMichael Armstrong October 1, 2020

The UK government is considering using cruise ships, possibly similar to this one docked near Athens this week, to process asylum seekrs – Petros Giannakouris/AP The UK government is considering plans to move arriving asylum seekers offshore to small islands or disused ferries moored of the British coast while their claims are processed, officials have…

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