62 h. ago Britain's asylum seeker 'sanctuaries': The towns and cities bucking the trend by welcoming migrants and refugees to their communities with open arms

EXCLUSIVE: The City of Sanctuary movement aims to make asylum seekers and refugees feel more welcome by persuading local voluntary groups to sign up as members.

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2 w. ago Iraqi asylum seeker says he can't be deported because mysterious TikTok lover's family will kill him if he leaves Britain

The unnamed man told a tribunal the woman's family back in his home country had threatened to kill him after he proposed to her, having met her in person just three times.

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3 w. ago Iranian asylum seeker, 18, with a 'prominent Adam's apple' cuddled a teddy bear and pretended to be a child to get into Britain

The adult male had been aged 18 at the time but deliberately tried to 'deceive' authorities by claiming he was a teenager, an asylum tribunal found.

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3 w. ago Iranian asylum seeker, 18, with a 'prominent Adam's apple' cuddled a teddy bear and pretended to be a little boy to get into Britain

The adult male had been aged 18 at the time but deliberately tried to 'deceive' authorities by claiming he was a teenager, an asylum tribunal found.

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3 w. ago Inside the county bearing the brunt of Britain's asylum seeker crisis: The 'unfair' reason Kent towns are taking in more child refugees than any others in the UK

Desperate asylum-seekers making the perilous journey to Britain on inflatable dinghies typically arrive along the Kent coast.

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3 w. ago Iraqi asylum seeker was allowed to stay in Britain after immigration judge 'confused' his home country with Iran, tribunal told

A tribunal in Cardiff heard the man had made anti-Iraq government posts on his public Facebook account and argued he would be subject to persecution on his return.

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