Priti Patel
Diane Abbott MP: The government has manufactured a ‘migrant crisis’ to distract from its own terrible policies
'Total applications for asylum seekers hit 100,000 or more at the turn of this century. They are far less than half of that now.'
Priti Patel’s own staff launch legal challenge against inhumane policy
'The pushback policy being pursued by the home secretary is unlawful, unworkable and above all morally reprehensible.'
Dangerous and draconian: Why we must all oppose Priti Patel’s bill to strip citizenship without notice
'It completely undermines a principle of rule of law, which is that an individual has a right to know of a decision before their rights are affected'
Priti Patel’s bill to remove citizenship without notice slammed as ‘utterly draconian’
'This clause would give Priti Patel unprecedented power to remove your citizenship in secret, without even having to tell you'
Government’s tougher immigration and asylum policy in the spotlight as number of migrants crossing Channel hits new daily high
As activists took to the streets of Glasgow demanding justice for migrants, a record number of people crossed the English Channel by boat.
Union launches legal challenge into Johnson’s support of Patel amid bullying allegations
In a fresh focus on the PM’s approach to ministerial ethics, a civil servants’ union has begun a judicial review over Johnson’s backing of the home secretary over harassment claims.