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David Barrett

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Home Affairs Editor, Daily Mail https://teapawt.org/t.co/IyKGt1X8Fi Views are my own.

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Joined October 2007
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EXCLUSIVE Thousands of migrants may have been let into Britain by ‘alarming’ legal blunder. A judge has highlighted how courts were stripped of jurisdiction to hear certain types of immigration appeal, with far-reaching repercussions. Full story here… mol.im/a/16145975
Fears legal blunder has helped thousands of migrants stay in Britain

Fears legal blunder has helped thousands of migrants stay in Britain

A judge has raised concerns that a large number of immigration appeals heard in the UK courts may have been illegitimate.

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Age of criminal responsibility may be raised from 10, government review suggests, in wake of series of 'soft justice' measures by Labour …. Read the full story here… dailymail.com/profile-3781/d…
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The Channel small boats crisis is on the cusp of a grim milestone - 200,000 arrivals in total. Story here… dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Small boat crossings poised to hit 200,000 total since crisis began

Small boat crossings poised to hit 200,000 total since crisis began

More than 400 arrivals on Sunday brought the running tally to 199,828.

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Britain has secured a new deal with the Nigerian government which will make it easier to deport thousands of failed asylum seekers and criminals. Story here… mol.im/a/15661017

Thousands of Nigerian failed asylum seekers and crooks face removal

UK ministers hope the deal will see Nigerian officials agree to receive more deportations from this country, with less red tape.

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Migrants sprinted across a French beach to reach UK-bound dinghies today, undeterred by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new asylum reforms unveiled less than a day earlier. Full story here… dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Migrants sprint across French beach to reach Britain

Migrants sprint across French beach to reach Britain

The migrants were seen running through the tide at Gravelines beach, east of Calais, this morning.

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s office received an early morning call from cops to brief them in advance of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest. Full story here… dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Home Secretary's office briefed in advance on Andrew arrest

Home Secretary's office briefed in advance on Andrew arrest

Thames Valley Police contacted Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's office early this morning, before plain-clothes police teams arrived at Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate at 8am.

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Labour frees nearly 50,000 criminals from jail early in first year of its ‘soft justice’ scheme. Full story here… dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Labour frees nearly 50,000 criminals from jail early

Labour frees nearly 50,000 criminals from jail early

New figures from the Ministry of Justice showed 48,931 offenders were let out of prison onto the streets in the scheme's first 12 months.

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Latest: 1,075 small boat migrants arrived yesterday. Report here… mol.im/a/15177515
More than 1,000 small boat migrants cross to Britain in one day AGAIN

More than 1,000 small boat migrants cross to Britain in one day AGAIN

There were 1,075 arrivals in a 24-hour period, the Home Office said. It brings the total since the start of the year to 35,476, up a third on the same period last year.

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Court backlog figures, just published, show it’s hit a massive new high. Crown court has 78,329 cases awaiting trial (up more than 7,000 since Labour came to power), and magistrates’ courts push past Covid peak for first time, to 361,000. Total backlog 439,356 in Eng & Wales
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Deporting a ‘growing backlog’ of foreign criminals will ‘take decades' for some nationalities at current rates, a new analysis shows. Full story here… dailymail.co.uk/news/article…

Deporting foreign criminals 'to take decades' for some nationalities

A wide range of convicted criminals - particularly those from African, Middle Eastern and Caribbean nations - are being removed from Britain at a glacial pace.

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UK Border Force officers could’ve been hit with a massive compensation bill when they decided to cut open several generators which arrived at London Gateway port from South America. That is, if it had been a genuine shipment… Full story here! mol.im/a/15122917
Border Force officers' hunch led to incredible discovery

Border Force officers' hunch led to incredible discovery

Using their 'experience and nous' to suss out dodgy shipments, Border Force officials used an angle grinder to cut two generators - worth £700,000 - into pieces.

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In its rush to blame the deepening Channel crisis on the weather, the Government has perhaps overlooked how its latest figures on small boats appear to indicate the Rwanda scheme had a marked impact. Shows lower arrivals even on calm days in the Channel… mol.im/a/14775617

Labour blames migrant rise on weather as data shows Rwanda WAS working

Official figures show migrant arrivals were far lower when Conservative ministers were poised to finally launch Rwanda removals flights last year.

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The potential impact of Labour’s soft-justice masterplan: up to 43,000 criminals a year who are currently handed jail sentences could instead walk free from court with a ‘slap on the wrist’. Story here: mol.im/a/14744115
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BREAKING: Legal Aid Agency has been targeted by a cyber attack which led to applicants’ data being compromised, spokesman says
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‘We believe the group has accessed and downloaded a significant amount of personal data from those who applied for legal aid through our digital service since 2010.’
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‘This data may have included contact details and addresses of applicants, their dates of birth, national ID numbers, criminal history, employment status and financial data such as contribution amounts, debts and payments.’
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Foreign criminals should be deported immediately after conviction or after serving a fraction of their jail sentence, says Labour review dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Foreign inmates should be deported much sooner, says Labour review

Foreign inmates should be deported much sooner, says Labour review

An existing 'early removal scheme' which allows foreign offenders to be deported after serving 50 per cent of their sentence should be brought forward to the 30 per cent point, an official report...

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Assisted dying laws to save the NHS up to £60million a year, with an estimated 12 people a day ultimately taking their own lives under the new measures, official documents show mol.im/a/14672839 via @MailOnline
Assisted dying laws to save NHS up to £60million a year: report

Assisted dying laws to save NHS up to £60million a year: report

Legalising assisted dying would save the taxpayer £10million in NHS costs in its first year, rising to £60million after a decade, according to grim new estimates published by the government.

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Illegal migrants could remain indefinitely under new sentencing plan, @RobertJenrick warns dailymail.co.uk/news/article… via @MailOnline
Illegal migrants could remain indefinitely under new sentencing plan

Illegal migrants could remain indefinitely under new sentencing plan

The Sentencing Council - already embroiled in a political storm over its 'two-tier justice' measures - plans to slash the maximum jail terms for a range of immigration crimes

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More than 150,000 migrants have reached Britain since the start of the Channel small boat crisis after a further 407 arrivals on Boxing Day, latest data from the Home Office shows. That’s 35,898 arrivals since the start of this year, including 22,324 since the general election
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