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Home Office about-turns on fine for couple's bike-rack migrant

The Daily Telegraph 16 Mar 2025
Facebook ... I really can’t work it out ... BBC ... Sir John Whittingdale, a former Conservative minister who raised the case in the House of Commons, said the couple should be “thanked rather than punished” ... Migrants, Calais, Home Office, John Whittingdale ... .
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Fine cancelled for couple who found immigrant in motorhome’s bike rack

AOL 16 Mar 2025
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the Home Office would look into the case. Conservative former minister Sir John Whittingdale, who raised the case in the Commons, said the couple should be “thanked rather than punished” ... .
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Starmer: Home Office to examine case of couple fined over immigrant in bike rack

London Evening Standard 12 Mar 2025
Conservative former minister Sir John Whittingdale, who raised the case in the Commons, said the couple should be ‘thanked rather than punished’ ... .
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Keir Starmer

BBC News 12 Mar 2025
Their local MP, Maldon Conservative Sir John Whittingdale, addressed the prime minister about the row on Wednesday ... it, and therefore we will do so and I will make sure [Sir John] is updated.".
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UK couple fined £1,500 after reporting Channel stowaway found in motorhome

AOL 10 Mar 2025
“He then goes to have a look and sees two legs attached to it ... Their local MP, John Whittingdale, has written to the minister for border security and asylum, Angela Eagle, asking her to review their concerns. Whittingdale said in a statement on Monday.
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Essex couple who found migrant in back of motorhome after France holiday fined £1,500

The Daily Telegraph 10 Mar 2025
Joanne Fenton ... Sir John Whittingdale, their local MP, has also written to Dame Angela Eagle, the border minister, to review the incident. Last year, a £6,000 fine imposed on a retired ambulance driver and his wife for a similar incident was quashed ... .
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