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So pleased for you and have confidence in you.

@UKLabour
@Keir_Starmer
@DavidLammy
@angelaeagle

Please announce weekly Press releases of Immigration and Asylum Statistics
Crossings, Arrests of illegal migrants, Deportations of FNO,Deportations of Criminals, and When Hotels Close and keep people posted of new accommodation proposals.

@UKLabour needs to do Daily Press Briefings to let the UK know of achievements,laws past ,and to correct misinformation like USA.

The more information you produce it will help to counter the protests peaceful and violent.

WHY IS THE MEDIA NOT REPORTING STATS TO CALM DOWN THOSE BEING FED LIES BY @reformparty_uk
and Far Right wing deliberately stoking violence and fear.

There's an awful incident waiting to happen and potential mass casualties.

I've done an article for stats up to March 2025 from July 2024.

✅️DAILY CROSSINGS NEED TO BE ANNOUNCED EVERY 7 DAYS.

✅️ONLY 2 BOATS HAVE CROSSED THE CHANNEL IN 10 DAYS. THE PUBLIC NEED TO KNOW THIS.

✅️LOWEST ASYLUM SEEKERS CROSSING CHANNEL IN AUGUST SINCE 2021

✅️LOWEST NUMBER OF BOATS IN AUGUST SINCE 2019

✅️ANYONE CROSSING CHANNEL WILL BE REFUSED ASYLUM AND DEPORTED TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN BECAUSE OF 23 RETURNS AGREEMENTS OR TO FRANCE

✅️Migrants who arrive in the UK via small boat crossings to be detained and returned to France.

✅️In exchange for each person returned, France will facilitate the transfer of an equal number of people to the UK.

✅️Those allowed to transfer to the UK must meet strict criteria, including having appropriate documentation and passing security checks.

✅️Providing Legal Paths:
By offering a new legal route to the UK, the scheme aims to provide a safer alternative for people seeking refuge.

✅️How the Treaty Works:
1. Detection & Detention:
French authorities increase patrols and interception efforts on the French coast to detect and prevent boats from leaving.

2. Return to France:
If a boat reaches the UK, the individuals are detained, and the UK makes a referral to France within three days

3. Legal Transfer to UK:
France processes the case and, if eligible, facilitates the transfer of a corresponding number of individuals to the UK through the new legal routes.

✅️Returns to other countries and immigration enforcement work will continue alongside the treaty.

✅️In its first year in office, this government returned more than 35,000 people with no right to be in the UK – a 28% increase in returns of failed asylum seekers and a 13% increase in overall returns compared to the previous year.

✅️The government also ram cracked down against illegal working, with over 9,000 raids since July 2024, resulting in 6,410 arrests – up 48% and 51% on the previous year.

✅️The UK has formal and informal returns agreements with at least 24 countries, a number that has been increasing since 2021
These agreements, which take various forms, commit countries to take back their citizens who lack the legal right to remain in the UK, such as failed asylum seekers and foreign criminals.
Examples of Countries with Returns Agreements
France, Afghanistan
Albania, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Iraq, Nigeria, Georgia, Somalia/Somaliland, Bangladesh, Serbia, and Algeria.

✅️Enforced returns of other prominent nationalities, however, have increased, with numbers of Romanians up 28% (1,696), Brazilians up 90% (861) and Indians having more than doubled (615) over the same period. There has also been a substantial rise in the latest year of returns of Polish, Malaysian, and Pakistani nationals.

⬛FOREIGN NATIONAL OFFENDERS
There were 5,265 FNO returns in the year ending June 2025, an increase of 16% compared to the previous year. FNO returns are almost evenly split between EU (48%) and Non-EU (52%) nationals.

✅️The UK-Albania Joint Communique signed in December 2022 strengthened data sharing between the UK and Albania and has supported the removal of Albanian national offenders.
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✅️Foreign criminals will be deported immediately

✅️Sex offenders denied Asylum and deported

✅️Sex offenders will be stripped of Refugee status who live in UK

✅️Foreign criminals deported to their country of origin before appeals process in UK. Appeals to take place from their country of origin.

✅️The UK government is challenging the application of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, which protects the right to family life, by seeking to tighten rules and reduce the reliance on "exceptional circumstances" for family immigration cases. The government argues the current system has become too complex and court-driven, leading to an "overly high proportion" of cases being decided on exceptional grounds rather than parliamentary rules. This involves reviewing policies, including financial requirements for family visas, and potentially introducing a new framework for exceptional cases to restore greater government control and confidence.

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✅️Asylum seekers crossing the Channel will be detained refused asylum and returned to France or country of Origin. UK has 24 Returns deals with other Countries.

✅️FROM AUGUST 2025
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Anyone who arrives by small boat and is returned to France will not be eligible for the legal route to the UK, while anyone who tries to re-enter the UK having already been returned to France once will be returned again as a matter of priority.

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✅️Immigrants who arrived in the UK on a small boat have been detained under the UK-France treaty, which is now operational.

✅️A new ‘Compagnie de Marche’ of specialist enforcement officers, supported by increased local policing, has been put in place; a specialist intelligence and judicial police unit has been established in Dunkirk to speed up the arrest and prosecution of people-smugglers; and a review of the French maritime approach has been undertaken to allow greater interception of boats in shallow waters.

✅️For migrants in France wanting to come to the UK legally, they will be able to submit an Expression of Interest application for the new legal route online and the Home Office will make a decision. They will need to satisfactorily establish their identity and nationality and will be subject to strict security and eligibility checks.

✅️Detentions began for those who arrived in the UK on a small boat yesterday lunchtime (August 6). They will be held in immigration removal centres pending their removal. The UK will make referrals to France within 3 days, and the French authorities will be expected to respond within 14 days. Those detained will be briefed on the procedure through which their return to France will take place, and the next operational phase of preparing each individual for removal will be activated.

✅️ (August 7) the reciprocal process to allow migrants to submit an expression of interest to come the UK has also begun. Applicants must satisfy the eligibility and suitability criteria, including uploading a passport or other identity documents as well as a recent photograph. For those selected, they will have to pass further stringent security checks and biometric controls, meaning that only those individuals that the UK Government has approved for entry will be allowed through the new route.

✅️Home Office hires 200 staff to clear huge backlog of UK modern slavery cases
More than 23,000 files were left open by the last government, says minister, with delays of up to four years in assigning victim status

✅️There are an estimated 130,000 victims of modern slavery in the UK, trapped in sectors including agriculture, prostitution and care. Most have suffered traumatic sexual, physical and economic abuse but face long delays in having their status confirmed through the National Referral Mechanism (NRM).

✅️The Refugee Council said the government’s decision to scrap the plan to deport people to Rwanda and accelerate claims meant the asylum backlog was forecast to be 118,063 at the start of 2025 – 59,000 cases lower than if the government had continued with the policy.

Figures show that there were 118,882 people in the backlog by the end of June 2024.

✅️@_Government_UK
has chartered a deportation flight to Nigeria and Ghana which is due to take off on Thursday – the first of its kind for more than two years. Thirteen Nigerians were removed to Lagos on 30 June 2022. That flight then carried on to Ghana, where eight Ghanaians were returned

✅️Many supply chains have been broken through Cooperation with Border Security Command was has resulted in Seizures of boats,motors and other supplies. This has reduced the number of boats,and quality so more people are getting into boats which is getting more dangerous.

✅️The head of the National Crime Agency, Graeme Biggar, has previously warned there are “more people being put on to smaller and flimsier boats”

✅️More people on board
The number of people on each boat has increased, with an average of 60 passengers per boat in July 2024. This is up from an average of 40 people in 2023 and 30 in 2022.

✅️Poor quality boats
The boats are often poor quality dinghies that are less than two meters wide and eight meters long.

✅️Smugglers taking risks
Smugglers are taking greater risks with people's lives to evade detection.

✅️This is why so many are sinking and more dying which may become a deterrent

✅️UNDER TORIES

There was no official monthly statistic for UK asylum applications specifically for June 2024, but the yearly data for the year ending June 2024 shows 108,100 asylum applicants, a historic high

✅️UNDER LABOUR

At the end of June 2025 there were 71,000 cases awaiting an initial decision, relating to 91,000 people, 18% fewer than at the end of June 2024
the number of cases awaiting an initial decision is 47% lower than the peak at the end of June 2023 (134,000 cases)

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✅️The number of Asylum seekers living in hotels has dropped from a peak of almost 60,000 to 32,000 under Labour.

✅️In addition to Asylum seekers, there has also been an increase in people coming to the UK legally - the most recent figures saw net migration rise by 606,000.

✅️UK's asylum hotel bill down 30%, government says

✅️The government spent nearly a third less on hotels to house asylum seekers between April 2024 and March 2025, according to newly published figures.

✅️The Home Office's annual accounts, external show £2.1bn was spent on hotel accommodation - an average of about £5.77m per day, down from £3bn or £8.3m per day, the previous year.

✅️Data obtained by BBC Verify shows the saving has been driven by a reduction in the average nightly cost per person housed, after a government move to use cheaper forms of accommodation and room sharing.

✅️The Home Office accounts suggest 273 hotels were in use in March 2024 but that number has now fallen by 71.

✅️The average nightly cost per person fell from £162.16 in March 2023 to £118.87 by March 2025, according to BBC Verify's analysis of official data obtained through a Freedom of Information request.

✅️Cost of hotels down by £1bn last year
The government reduced spending on asylum seeker hotels from £3.1bn in 2023/4 to £2.1bn in 2024/5.

✅️The smaller bill is a result of multiple factors, most notably the reduction in the asylum backlog.

✅️The average daily cost for housing each asylum seeker in a hotel has gone down from £176 to £170 per person. This still remains higher than previous years.

✅️The government has also made efforts to reduce the proportion of asylum seekers housed in hotels, moving them towards other types of accommodation

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025

These documents relate to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025 which was introduced to Parliament on 30 January 2025.
✅️Following the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024,[footnote 1] the government is introducing the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (“the Bill”) to create a framework of new and enhanced powers and offences to improve UK border security and to strengthen the asylum and immigration system

✅️Collectively, the provisions within the Bill reinforce, strengthen, and connect capabilities across the relevant government and law enforcement partners which make up the UK’s border security system

✅️The Bill provides the framework which enables the Border Security Commander, and the Border Security Command (BSC), to fulfil their role as an effective border security system leader, cohering and driving improvements to the collective response to current and future threats, starting with organised immigration crime (OIC). The legislation puts the Border Security Commander’s responsibilities on to a statutory footing

✅️The Bill creates an array of new, stronger powers for law enforcement agencies to deal with, investigate and prosecute OIC, and it provides additional deterrents and penalties for criminals involved in OIC

✅️Expand data-sharing capabilities to assist in developing the intelligence picture of OIC.

✅️Enable smarter, faster and more effective interventions to protect UK border security and to bring those involved in OIC to justice.

✅️Improve understanding of how and why OIC happens.

✅️The Bill introduces new and enhanced tools which will allow for faster interventions against those suspected of being involved in serious and organised crime and enables restrictions to be placed on them. The expansion of Serious Crime Prevention Orders (SCPOs) will mean offenders will be more closely managed in UK communities, breaking known links to Organised Crime Groups (OCGs), and keeping the streets safe.

✅️The Bill enables action to be taken against individuals who, whilst travelling to the UK by sea (without the requisite entry clearances, immigration permission or other necessary authorisations contrary to existing immigration offences set out in the Immigration Act 1971[footnote 2] (IA 1971)), act in a way which risks serious injury or death to others

✅️Finally, the Bill introduces new, additional measures to support and strengthen a properly functioning UK immigration and asylum system. The Bill repeals the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024[footnote 3] and repeals parts within the Illegal Migration Act 2023

✅️The measures in the legislation fall under four pillars:

Pillar 1: The framework within which the Border Security Command can operate

a) Making the Border Security Commander a statutory office holder: With the collective agreement of the Home Secretary and Prime Minister, and in collaboration with partners, the Border Security Commander will agree the government’s strategic priorities for border security.

b) The BSC will work closely with other government departments, including HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), as well as operational partners, including Border Force, and NCA, Immigration Enforcement and policing, to achieve those priorities. This will ensure that the full range of capabilities, including that of the UK Intelligence Community, are maximised and brought to bear on those exploiting the UK border

gov.uk/government/col…

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2024-26

Last updated: 4 September 2025 at 17:24

bills.parliament.uk/bills/3929

@UKBorder is the part of the @ukhomeoffice Office responsible for securing the UK border 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by enforcing immigration and customs regulations.

✅️Around 10,000 people work in Border Force, with the majority working in frontline roles in airports and seaports across the UK and overseas. Some officers will work at only one location, while others are mobile, working across a number of ports or other locations in a region.

✅️Illegal working enforcement soars in drive to strengthen border security

✅️Over 6,000 arrests and 9,000 visits carried out across the UK since the election in crackdown on illegal working.

✅️Major surge in immigration enforcement activity across the UK has led to a 51% rise in the number of arrests since the election, as part of a Home Office drive to disable the illegal working trade in the UK.   

✅️Immigration Enforcement teams have intensified activity in towns, cities and villages to tackle those abusing the UK immigration system and exploiting vulnerable people. It forms part of the government’s efforts to crack down on organised immigration crime at every level under the Plan for Change and end the false promise of jobs used to sell spaces on small boats.   

✅️Since 5 July last year to 31 May, 9,000 visits have resulted in 6,410 arrests, marking a 48% and 51% rise respectively compared to the year before under the previous government (5 July 2023 to 31 May 2024).   

✅️Particular focus has been on tackling employers facilitating illegal working, often subjecting migrants to squalid conditions and illegal working hours below minimum wage. Restaurants, nail bars and construction sites have been among the thousands of businesses targeted.    

✅️The new measures come alongside a ramp-up of operational activity to restore control of the immigration system, including the return of nearly 30,000 people with no right to be in the UK.   

✅️Minister for Border Security and Asylum, Dame Angela Eagle, said:   

For too long, employers have been able to take on and exploit migrants, with people allowed to arrive and work here illegally.

This will no longer be tolerated on our watch. That’s why we are ramping up our enforcement activity and introducing tougher laws to finally get a grip of our immigration and asylum system.  

Under our Plan for Change, we will continue to root out unscrupulous employers and disrupt illegal workers who undermine our border security. 

It is a legal requirement for employers to carry out Right to Work checks and those who fail to do so face hefty penalties including fines of up to £60,000 per worker, director disqualifications and potential prison sentences of up to five years.   

Director of Enforcement, Compliance and Crime at Immigration Enforcement Eddy Montgomery said:  

Our work to tackle illegal working is vital in not only bringing the guilty to account, but also in protecting vulnerable people from exploitation.  

I’m incredibly proud of our enforcement teams across the country for their hard work, skill and co-operation on these often challenging but highly important operations. 

During one major co-ordinated operation in March, officers made 36 arrests at a construction site in Belfast’s historic Titanic Quarter. Offences ranged from breaching visa conditions to illegal entry in the UK with no permission to work.  

✅️Elsewhere, 9 arrests were made at a caravan park in Surrey last month following intelligence individuals were working illegally as delivery drivers in the gig economy.  

✅️Meanwhile, 9 people were also arrested in Bradford in March as officers intercepted a popular illegal working pick up point in Naples Street.  

✅️Ramping up illegal working enforcement activity forms a key part of the Home Office’s drive to restore order to the immigration system under the UK Government’s Plan for Change.

✅️Crackdown on illegal working and rogue employers in ‘gig economy’

In the latest move to restore order to the asylum and immigration system, the government will introduce tough new laws to clamp down on illegal working.

Expanding illegal working checks will help level the playing field for the majority of honest companies who do the right thing. For example, Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats already voluntarily carry out checks to ensure their delivery riders are eligible to work.

Clamping down on illegal working forms a critical part of the government’s plan to strengthen the entire immigration system, restoring tough enforcement of the rules and undermine people smugglers using the false promise of jobs for migrants.

✅️The announcement comes a day before the UK holds the first ever Organised Immigration Crime Summit, bringing together over 40 countries to agree unprecedented new international action to take down every aspect of criminal smuggling gangs’ tactics.

✅️Between 20 and 27 July 2025, a total of 1,780 individuals were stopped and spoken to, leading to 280 arrests for illegal working activity. As a direct result of this operation, 53 individuals are now having their asylum support reviewed, which could result in their support being suspended or withdrawn.9 Aug 2025

✅️The operation was also supported by police forces across the UK, with officers seizing 71 vehicles throughout the week, including 58 e-bikes, as well as £8,000 in cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act and around £460,000 in illicit cigarettes.  

✅️During one Operation Equalize visit on Tuesday 22 July, officers in West London arrested 7 Indian nationals in Hillingdon, with 5 detained as a result.   

✅️Meanwhile, Immigration Enforcement Officers made 3 arrests in Dumfries, Scotland during a joint operation with police and Trading Standards on tobacco control.

✅️And on Friday 25 July, 5 e-bikes were seized by police in Birmingham city centre where Immigration Officers arrested 2 riders of Bangladeshi and Ethiopian nationality for illegal working offences.  

gov.uk/government/new…

✅️Illegal working enforcement soars in drive to strengthen border security

✅️Over 6,000 arrests and 9,000 visits carried out across the UK since the election in crackdown on illegal working.

✅️A major surge in immigration enforcement activity across the UK has led to a 51% rise in the number of arrests since the election, as part of a Home Office drive to disable the illegal working trade in the UK.   

✅️Immigration Enforcement teams have intensified activity in towns, cities and villages to tackle those abusing the UK immigration system and exploiting vulnerable people. It forms part of the government’s efforts to crack down on organised immigration crime at every level under the Plan for Change and end the false promise of jobs used to sell spaces on small boats.   

✅️Since 5 July last year to 31 May, 9,000 visits have resulted in 6,410 arrests, marking a 48% and 51% rise respectively compared to the year before under the previous government (5 July 2023 to 31 May 2024).   

gov.uk/government/new…

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