PM STOPS SHORT OF BACKING 15-YEAR SETTLEMENT WAIT Prime Minister Andy Burnham told ITV's Good Morning Britain that "settlement is a right to be earned" and blamed the so-called "Boris wave" of long-term visa arrivals, but would not commit to Shabana Mahmood's proposed 15-year wait for indefinite leave to remain. CGTN Europe quoted him saying the government stands by the principles the Home Secretary has set out, with a final decision due soon.

EL HIERRO SENDS 471 MIGRANTS TO GRAN CANARIA RTVE reported that 471 migrants were moved from El Hierro to Gran Canaria on Sunday on a ferry chartered for the transfer, after a fresh rise in cayuco arrivals on the island. RTVE Canarias said the transfers are being sped up to stop the island's reception resources collapsing, while ACFI Press reported that Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo has written to Pedro Sánchez asking for six urgent measures.

HUNDREDS MARCH IN GOSPORT OVER SMALL BOATS BBC News reported that about 400 people marched through Gosport on Sunday from the Haslar Immigration Removal Centre to the town centre, in protest at small boat migrants being brought ashore in the area. Footage shared by Daily Echo reporter Ross Marshall shows marchers carrying Union and St George's flags with police alongside, and Hampshire Police said the protests passed without incident and with no arrests.

LABOUR MP BACKS HOME SECRETARY'S MIGRATION CURBS Labour MP Preet Kaur Gill told GB News that Labour MPs should stop trying to water down Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans to curb legal migration and back them in full. GB News reported that Gill said working-class voters from every background want the borders secured and illegal migration tackled, and that her message to Mahmood was "keep going".

CEUTA MIGRATION PROTEST REACHES MADRID El Debate reported that a march organised by the Ceuta group Mujeres Caballas went from Atocha to Spain's Congress in Madrid today, demanding a return to normality nearly 90 days after the mass migrant entries into Ceuta. Europa Press reported that Ceuta's president Juan Vivas joined the protest, calling the situation in the city "absolutely unsustainable".

3,600 TAKEAWAYS CAN SPONSOR SKILLED WORKER VISAS The Telegraph reported that more than 3,600 takeaway shops in Britain are licensed to sponsor skilled worker visas, including over 1,000 in London, even though the visas require a £41,700 salary in a sector where median pay is just under £30,000. GB News discussed the findings, which shadow home secretary Chris Philp called "shocking".

ASYLUM SEEKER'S JAIL TERM RAISED TO FOUR YEARS GB News reported that the Court of Appeal has increased the sentence of Afsar Safi, an asylum seeker who arrived by small boat in 2021, from two years and six months to four years for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl at a London immigration hostel. Lord Justice Jeremy Baker said the original sentence did not adequately reflect the offender's criminality, and GB News reported that Safi's asylum claim has been refused but he is awaiting the outcome of an appeal.

818 MIGRANTS REACH EL HIERRO IN 24 HOURS Televisión Canaria reported that 818 people arrived on El Hierro aboard seven cayucos in the space of 24 hours, with the last two boats reaching the port of La Restinga on Saturday morning. Europa Press reported that Salvamento Marítimo intercepted three of the boats overnight, carrying 78, 102 and 72 people, and escorted them into La Restinga.

CITYWEST CHARGES DROPPED, MAN HELD FOR DEPORTATION The Irish Times reported that prosecutors withdrew charges against a 27-year-old failed asylum seeker accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl near Citywest, Dublin, in a case that sparked three nights of rioting last year. RTÉ said he was freed on Friday but immediately rearrested on a deportation order.

41 MIGRANTS LAND BY BOAT NEAR CARTAGENA A small boat carrying 41 people reached Cala Dentoles near Cabo de Palos in Cartagena, southeast Spain, on Saturday morning, EFE reported, with the Guardia Civil intercepting the group on arrival. Spain's Government Delegation in Murcia said the group was 34 men, one woman and six minors, and footage from Telecartagena shows the arrivals with Guardia Civil officers and Red Cross volunteers.