Yvette Cooper

UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings

December 10, 2024

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and Germany pledged Tuesday to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send migrants across the English Channel in small boats, the…

Germany to tighten people-smuggling law in UK deal

December 9, 2024

Germany has said it will tighten its law to make it easier to prosecute those helping to smuggle migrants to the UK, as part of a new plan agreed between the two countries. Currently…

Failed asylum seekers to be sent back to Vietnam

July 23, 2024

Dozens of failed asylum seekers from Vietnam are to be sent back to the country on Wednesday, using resources the last government had earmarked for the Rwanda scheme. The Labour government…