3 h. ago Britain's asylum seeker 'golden triangle': The three northern towns which house the most illegal migrants in private accommodation

Once the capital of the cotton weaving world during the Industrial Revolution, the former mill town - along with its neighbours - has become a golden triangle for asylum seekers.

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42 h. ago Reform candidate who vows to reduce number of HMOs in town... manages three HMOs

He insists that none of the shared houses have been occupied by illegal migrants or used as a halfway house for former prisoners

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52 h. ago 'Enchanting' town with colourful houses, ancient castle and cobbled streets UK's happiest place

The charming town in Gwynedd, Wales, is a major tourist centre yet it hasn't lost its quaint charm to the throngs of holidaymakers

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3 d. ago Majority of illegal migrants are not rapists or sexual offenders, says minister

Several incidents of asylum seekers being charged by police with sexual offences have occurred in recent months.

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4 d. ago Labour will consider 'robust' changes to how Britain interprets European Convention on Human Rights, Attorney General Lord Hermer tells peers

Reform has said it will leave the Convention to make it easier to deport illegal migrants and the Conservatives are set to follow suit.

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4 d. ago Britain's asylum capital warns it faces a migrant 'disaster': Glasgow's SNP leader fears city will be unable to cope with surge of homeless refugees amid Labour's hotel crackdown

The leader of Glasgow council has warned of 'disastrous' consequences if thousands of refugees head to Scotland when Labour kicks them out of migrant hotels in England.

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4 d. ago North Lanarkshire Council’s Rent Assistance Fund continuing to be vital safety net for tenants

Launched in 2023, the fund was designed to offer short-term financial support to council tenants struggling with rent arrears. Since then, it has helped thousands of households across local towns and villages.

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5 d. ago Germany's schadenfreude over Britain's 'asylum chaos': German media gloats UK has 'lost control of migration despite Brexit' and 'society and infrastructure is groaning'

The popular Bild outlet claimed both civil society and infrastructure were 'groaning' under the weight of illegal and legal migration.

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5 d. ago I visited pretty market town home to 'poshest pub crawl' where houses sell for £750,000

This pretty market town, with its high street bursting with boutiques, is delightful even on a rainy day

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5 d. ago What are the most common nationalities of migrants arriving in the UK illegally?

Five countries together accounted for more than half of those detected entering the country through so-called ‘irregular’ routes in the year to June.

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6 d. ago Car wash bosses who smuggled hundreds of illegal immigrants into Britain were caught when investigators found videos and selfies from asylum seekers customers on their phones

Dilshad Shamo, 41, and Ali Khdir, 42, both had a secret 'double life' by operating the ' TripAdvisor for migrants' while appearing to run their car wash firm in Caerphilly, south Wales

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8 d. ago Brit car wash bosses helped smuggle migrants into Europe and made thousands

Two British men made several thousands of pounds by helping migrants to illegally enter countries including Italy, Romania, Germany and Croatia from outside of the EU

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8 d. ago Farage: Compulsory ID cards 'will be tool of suppression' if Labour introduce them

Downing Street revealed this week that ministers are looking at digital IDs as part of plans to clamp down on illegal working, in the hope it makes the UK less attractive to illegal migrants.

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9 d. ago One of Britain's biggest asylum hotels is emptied of migrants

For years the four-star Crowne Plaza hotel, near Heathrow, has housed hundreds of asylum seekers. But the sprawling 465-room venue, has had all of its foreign guests removed

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9 d. ago Potential illegal migrants to be hit with ADVERTS in latest lame Labour bid: Targeted ads warning people in France are unveiled by 'smash

The Home Office is paying for YouTube and Facebook adverts that aim to target would-be illegal migrants in northern France based on their location, nationality and gender.

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9 d. ago Man convicted of sexual assault in case that triggered protests against migrants in Britain

An Ethiopian asylum seeker in Britain has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl

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1 week ago Liberty groups condemn Labour plans to force everyone to carry 'dystopian' digital ID cards

Sir Keir Starmer is 'exploring' the idea, No 10 admitted this week, after Emmanuel Macron demanded action that would make Britain less attractive to illegal migrants.

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1 week ago ‘It kept me going’: halt to refugee reunion scheme in UK shatters hopes

Afghan man seeking asylum and permission to bring wife to Britain describes shock at home secretary’s announcementThe hopes of asylum seekers aiming to be reunited with their loved ones in the UK have been shattered after the home secretary announced on Monday that new applications to the family reunion scheme were to be suspended. The prospect of reuniting with spouses and children after reaching safety is often what sustains those trying to reach Britain during their difficult journeys.Immigration lawyers are urgently working to lodge applications while the scheme remains open in cases of people who have been granted refugee status. The suspension will last until the spring and it is likely that any new scheme will be more restrictive than the current one, the Home Office said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Labour's big idea is ID cards for ALL: Blair wanted them years ago and now

Keir Starmer told the Cabinet he would be 'exploring options around digital ID' as part of a wider package of reforms designed to make it harder for illegal migrants to live and work in this country.

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1 week ago Trump faces new Epstein headache as Congress returns from recess

Lawmakers plan pressure campaign for release of Epstein files as victims meet with speaker and oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesCongress returns to session on Tuesday, and with it will come a political headache for Donald Trump in the form of renewed attention on the investigation into the disgraced financier Jeff Epstein and his death, a subject that the president has sought to avoid in recent weeks.While the president got a month-long break from the Epstein issue when lawmakers left town for the annual August recess – with the House of Representatives wrapping up a day early because of the controversy over Epstein – the calm is likely to end quickly. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from both parties have planned press conferences and legislative maneuvers intended to put pressure on the Trump administration for more transparency over Epstein, whose suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019 has been the subject of conspiracy theories t...

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