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Nana Akua Reacts to Immigration Lawyers Scam: 'This is just the tip of the iceberg!'

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Summary: Nana Akua reacts strongly to the immigration lawyers scam, highlighting the vested interests causing misery for genuine migrants. The Daily Mail's undercover investigation exposes lawyers providing fabricated stories to secure refugee status. Concerns raised over the lenient punishments for lawyers involved in the scam. Nana Akua urges for stricter measures and accountability within the immigration legal profession. Nana Akua, a prominent advocate for immigration ...

Migrant crossings: 'Can you stop the small boats?'

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Migrant crossings: 'Can you stop the small boats?' Are you going to be able to stop the small boats? Well, that's our objective. We couldn't have been clearer in putting it as one of the five central promises of this government to stop the boats, secure our borders and bring fairness back to our asylum system. We're going to do everything in our power to achieve that, and ultimately, it will be for the public to decide at the next general election whether we've succeeded or not. But be in no doubt that the Prime Minister of the Home Section and I will do everything we can to achieve that goal. I'm just interested in listening to some of the language you're using there. It's your objective. You're going to do everything you can to achieve it, not saying, yeah, we are going to stop the small boats. We are going to stop the small boats, and we wi...

Italy: At least 59 migrants drown including 12 children

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Italy: At least 59 migrants drown including 12 children In the darkness they're looking for survivors, the desperate who've managed to make it to shore. People cast into the water when this, their overpacked boat was wrecked off the Italian coast. Migrants heading to Europe, but dying at sea. With daylight, the grim reality, a growing line of bodies arising death toll. Rough conditions meaning many, including children, are already dead when they're pulled from the water. The search and rescue operation is very, very difficult. It's very windy and the sea is not, it's dangerous. So, so it's, these operations are really not so simple to do at the moment. This reduces the possibility to find other people still alive. The survivors are deeply traumatised, haunted by the horrors they've seen. People from Pakistan, Somalia and Afghanistan, sailing from Turkey w...