11 h. ago Confusion over controversial asylum seeker hotel as council CEO letter emerges

Altrincham’s Cresta Court Hotel has been used to house asylum seekers

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13 h. ago African migrant allowed to stay in UK after claiming he was made a sex slave to satisfy woman who took him in

The asylum seeker, from Sierra Leone, said he was taken in by the woman after arriving in the UK and forced to satisfy her sexually.

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14 h. ago Crying woman begged 'I have said no, please stop' to asylum seeker living in migrant hotel 'as he raped her', jury hears in distressing recordings

Chret Callender, 28, drunkenly forced himself onto the young woman after he turned up at her home following a night out on June 14, Bournemouth Crown Court heard.

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40 h. ago Iranian asylum seeker fighting UK deportation to avoid being flogged for affair with sister

The Iranian asylum seeker claims he would face violence if forced to return

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64 h. ago Iranian migrant can't be deported from the UK because he would be whipped to death in Iran over his affair with his Revolutionary Guards Corps brother's wife

The asylum seeker, 20, insisted he can't return to Iran because he had a secret affair with his brother's wife for nine months while they were all living in the same family home.

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66 h. ago Jails chaos: 12 more prisoners released by mistake in weeks and two still on the run, says David Lammy

The blunders take the total freed by error to more than 100 since April

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2 d. ago Exclusion zones to halt asylum seeker hotel protests are free speech infringement

Record View says exclusion zones to halt the protests outside hotels would be an unacceptable infringement of free speech.

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4 d. ago John Swinney not 'fully candid' over Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plan

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander pointed the finger at the First Minister over the row.

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5 d. ago Protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers are racist says John Swinney

"Many of the people who are participating in these protests against the asylum seeker hotels are people who are spreading racist hate in our country."

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5 d. ago Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plans ‘made up on back of envelope’ says Swinney

John Swinney has hit out at the the UK Government's plans to house asylum seekers at an army barracks in the Highlands.

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5 d. ago Three charged after attack outside asylum seeker hotel near Aberdeen

A man was left with facial injuries following an alleged attack in Westhill, near Aberdeen.

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5 d. ago Four charged after attack outside asylum seeker hotel near Aberdeen

A man was left with facial injuries following an alleged attack in Westhill, near Aberdeen.

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5 d. ago Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plans ‘made up on back of an envelope’ – Swinney

Concerns had been raised about the impact on the community in Inverness.

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5 d. ago Shabana Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips

The Home Secretary said the Government is working with providers to introduce alternatives.

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5 d. ago Mahmood announces ban on taxi use for asylum seeker medical trips

The Home Secretary said the Government is working with providers to introduce alternatives.

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6 d. ago Police swarm Hilton asylum seeker hotel and arrest three men after 'stabbing'

The incident took place at around 10.45am yesterday at the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Westhill, which has been used to house asylum seekers since 2023.

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6 d. ago Migrant 'stabbed at asylum seeker hotel' as police swarm building

The asylum seeker, believed to be aged 26, was reportedly stabbed at the hotel in Aberdeenshire - police have made three arrests and recovered a weapon

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6 d. ago Three arrested after attack outside asylum seeker hotel near Aberdeen

A man was left with facial injuries after he was attacked by a group of men in Westhill, near Aberdeen

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7 d. ago Asylum seeker who entered illegally on small boat twice is hit with 7 word statement from judge

A asylum seeker has been jailed after crossing the channel on a small boat on two separate occasions

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7 d. ago Number of migrants in asylum seeker hotels rises despite Labour pledge to end their use

Record 110,000 people claimed asylum in the UK in the past year

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