7 h. ago Starmer's UK's 'one in, one out' small boats migrant deal with France is struggling, but is far from sunk

Keir Starmer’s government fell at the first hurdle with its France ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal. A rocky legal battle awaits

Economics

8 h. ago SNP group fury after 'asylum seekers motion' is pulled from tomorrow's full council meeting

We previously told how the motion, proposed by Troon Councillor, Craig Mackay, and seconded by Council leader Brian Connolly, was included in the agenda of tomorrow’s meeting of elected members.

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12 h. ago UNHCR says that US and European governments increasingly undermine the global refugee convention

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world, especially that of the United States and countries in Europe, are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum seekers — even threatening its very existence

Politics

14 h. ago Pictured: Asylum seeker staying at Hilton hotel who raped woman in Hyde Park

Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, 42, lured the woman to a secluded spot while she was walking home from a night out before raping her

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15 h. ago At least 50 asylum seekers are beaten and hurled overboard in mass execution by smugglers who accused them of black magic when engine broke on crossing to Europe

Allegations of mass high seas executions on board the overcrowded vessel emerged at the start of the month after 248 survivors were rescued off the African coast and taken to Gran Canaria.

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15 h. ago Migrant witchcraft torture horror: At least 50 asylum seekers are beaten and hurled overboard in mass execution by smugglers who accused them of black magic when engine broke on crossing to Europe

Allegations of mass high seas executions on board the overcrowded vessel emerged at the start of the month after 248 survivors were rescued off the African coast and taken to Gran Canaria.

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16 h. ago UK judge temporarily blocks government plan to send a migrant back to France

A British judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of an asylum-seeker back to France

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28 h. ago UK court temporarily blocks removal of asylum seeker under UK

UK court temporarily blocks removal of asylum seeker under UK-France returns deal  Reuters

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32 h. ago Two men charged with hate crime after asylum seeker protest at Aberdeen student flats

Two men, aged 26 and 40, have now been arrested and charged in connection with a hate crime.

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33 h. ago Asylum seeker who raped woman in Hyde Park after entering the UK illegally is jailed

Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, 42, lured the woman to a secluded spot while she was walking home from a night out before raping her

Events

34 h. ago Moment tourists push boat with migrants away after attempting to land on beach

Beach-goers on a Greek paradise island took matters into their own hands when they pushed a boat full of asylum seekers away after it attempted to land on a beach

Society

38 h. ago Second UK deportation flight leaves London without an asylum seeker on board in new blow to PM

A small group of migrants were removed from an Air France flight due to travel from Heathrow to Paris on Monday after a legal challenge

Events

54 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Why are we arranging weddings for migrants we should be deporting?

It's a full-time position based at an immigration removals centre near Oxford housing up 560 foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers, all of them due to be kicked out of the country.

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56 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Why are we arranging weddings for illegal migrants we should be deporting? Is this where all our money is going?

It's a full-time position based at an immigration removals centre near Oxford housing up 560 foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers, all of them due to be kicked out of the country.

Events

57 h. ago ‘We can’t eat. We can’t sleep. It’s a disaster’: the small boat detainees waiting to be sent back to France

This week the first migrants could be flown out of Britain under the ‘one in, one out’ deportation scheme. They talk about their fears and incomprehension“We can’t eat. We can’t sleep. We have been locked up in this place for more than a month. Some people expect to be forced on to a plane to France today. Nobody wants to go. For us, this is a disaster.”The man speaking, Fessahaye, is an asylum seeker from Eritrea who fled indefinite military conscription in his home country, and walked through the Sahara before being tortured and enslaved in Libya. He eventually crossed the Mediterranean and reached Europe. From France he travelled to the UK in a small boat. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Oldest sea fort in the UK may be turned into a migrant hotel by Starmer... despite Labour branding Bibby Stockholm a 'recipe for disaster'

Fort Blockhouse, in Gosport, Hampshire, is reportedly being considered as a new accommodation site for asylum seekers.

Events

61 h. ago Oldest sea fort in the UK may be turned into a migrant hotel by Starmer... despite Labour MPs branding Tory's not

Fort Blockhouse, in Gosport, Hampshire, is reportedly being considered as a new accommodation site for asylum seekers.

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63 h. ago Migrant, 23, at asylum seekers hotel denies flashing, performing sex acts and making obscene gestures through his window

Said Ageed, 23, has been accused of sexual indecency over the series of alleged indecent acts at the Hotel Cladhan in Falkirk, Scotland.

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64 h. ago Minister refuses to give ‘details’ as migrant returns to France due to start

Baroness Jacqui Smith said she would not be giving ‘details’ on the number migrants expected to be sent back in the coming days.

Politics

69 h. ago The number of asylum seekers housed in Scotland broken down by council area

EXCLUSIVE: Calls are growing for a fairer geographical spread on helping asylum seekers.

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