Immigration

New migrants have added to already ‘colossal’ immigration numbers in UK

Lord Reg Empey: Immigration into the UK is not under control

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, with the beard, sitting in front of Sir Keir Starmer in the stands at Manchester United in 2004. The prime minister urged the football club's co-owner to apologise for remarks on immigration, which he partly did, but Ben Lowry says Sir Jim was largely right in his remarks. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

Ben Lowry: Ratcliffe was clumsy but right about benefits and migration

Unionists, alert to the treachery of British politicians, saw Nigel Farage as the great white hope, but their faith in him is in question

Letter: Farage knows there’s no life in a unionist corpse

Nigel Farage “hasn’t the faintest idea of the consequences” of removing the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) from the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn (pictured) has said.

Immigration: Farage ‘hasn’t faintest idea’ of impact of leaving ECHR, says Benn

Morning View

Editorial: Worrying data on the cost of renting a home

Intense violence took place in Ballymena, when hundreds of masked rioters attacked police and set buildings and cars on fire after the arrest of two Romanian teenagers over an alleged sex assault

Letter: Peace accord has created a new warzone

The past few months have seen various anti-immigration demonstrations take place in towns and cities across Northern Ireland, including Belfast (Picture: Jonathan Porter/PressEye)

Letter: Politicians ignored rising problem of immigration

Searches have been carried out on vehicles either side of the Irish border in a bid to crack down on immigration offences. In this image officials in the Republic are checking documentation of passengers on a bus travelling from Northern Ireland.

New 'counterterrorism-style powers' for PSNI on people smuggling

Thirty years ago a town the size of Bangor, then about 50,000 people, came to the UK each year. Now it is almost 20 times that number, the number of net arrivals is almost a million a year

Ben Lowry: We have not turned a corner on immigration - it is still a crisis

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures at supporters after speaking during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump promises sweeping plans for a second administration

DUP leader Gavin Robinson MP speaking at the resumption of the House of Commons in July.

Robinson: DUP has lessons to learn from election

In the past month, Northern Ireland has seen scenes of disorder on the streets following anti-immigration demonstrations

Letter: Immigration is a catalyst for change

“I asked myself, could I do a better job? And the answer is absolutely”. Tim Collins on why he's running in the Westminster election for the Ulster Unionist Party.

Collins: Rivals concerned with 'potholes and dog excrement'

Morning View

Editorial: Flights to Rwanda will display that government is in charge of policy

DUP MP Sammy Wilson

Northern Ireland ‘weak spot’ for migration if Rwanda plan does not apply – MP

Anti-immigrant protesters took to rioting on the streets of central Dublin in November. Ireland was deluded when immigration problems were raised, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Those challenging establishment consensus should be heard
After a long period of being cancelled by the Irish media establishment, my old friend, that great journalist Kevin Myers, is getting into his stride once more as a columnist in Gript.
Ruth Dudley Edwards

DUP MP Gavin Robinson warned the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill risks not applying to Northern Ireland and creating a “fracture” in immigration policy between two parts of the UK

DUP warns against creating ‘immigration sea border’ through Rwanda Bill

As MPs debated the Bill, Mr Wilson said the objective of creating a deterrent for migrants crossing the Channel in small boats was supported by the DUP

Rwanda Bill risks making Northern Ireland a magnet for migrants, DUP claims

Alford Gardner, who stepped off the Empire Windrush - a ship which brought about 500 migrants to the UK from the Caribbean - had a special visit from HRH Prince William of Wales at his home in Leeds, West Yorkshire as part of Pride of Britain

Thursday: Pride Of Britain: A Windrush Special (ITV1, 9pm)

Silent Witness is returning to TV screens tonight

Silent Witness returns with two new characters - how to watch on TV

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Ramsgate, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel this week.

Almost 700 migrants cross Channel in single day

An inflatable craft carrying migrant men, women and children crosses the shipping lane in the English Channel. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Immigration: 3,600 migrants crossed Channel to UK in July - new record

DUP MP, Gavin Robinson.

Row erupts after DUP MP Gavin Robinson says people born in Northern Ireland have...

Eversheds Sutherland, Belfast Partners Lisa Bryson (Employment and Immigration), Gareth Planck (Real Estate) and Matthew Howse (Dispute Resolution & Litigation) in their new offices in Belfast City Centre

Eversheds mark new office move

Eversheds Sutherland, Belfast Partners Lisa Bryson (Employment and Immigration), Gareth Planck (Real Estate) and Matthew Howse (Dispute Resolution & Litigation) in their new offices in Belfast City Centre

Eversheds mark new office move

Amber Rudd is the latest Minister - Tory or Labour - to oversee a lacklustre department

Immigration isn’t the real issue it’s the risk of ‘friendly fire’ from our own s...

YFCU members from Co Londonderry impressed at the public speaking competition heats

YFCU members put their speaking skills on display
YFCU members from across Northern Ireland recently participated in the annual Public Speaking Competition Heats, which have been sponsored for a number of years by NFU Mutual.
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