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Exclusive: End focus on deportations and use language of ‘compassion and humanity’, says Refugee Council

England's Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to "crack down on those pushing harmful and hateful beliefs and violence" in the aftermath of riots that followed the stabbing deaths of three girls in Southport. Almost 500 people have been charged so far in connection with the riots, and while many are…

A week-long operation targeted more than 275 premises, particularly focusing on car washes

More than 120 businesses received civil penalties for employing people illegally in the past week.

Immigration officers visited more than 225 businesses

In the year to 30 June there were 31,493 arrivals in the UK via small boats, a 29 per cent fall on the year before and a slight decrease from the same period two years ago

Editorial: Labour has a rare opportunity to engage the public with a more honest account of the trade-offs involved in a balanced migration policy

Plans to reopen two immigration detention centres are a ‘step backwards’, charities say

Labour is wasting its time on efforts to appeal to all sides in the debate. The likes of Nigel Farage will never be satisfied, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams