67 h. ago Visa overstayers will be deported, vows minister after number claiming asylum in UK revealed

The Home Office said about 40,000 people who came to Britain from abroad as students, workers or visitors last year have sought asylum

Politics

3 d. ago Minnie Driver 'quits British film' amid dispute where crew owed £600,000 in wages

Minnie Driver was cast in British drama Angels in the Asylum - but has reportedly walked away from the project amid claims that crew are owed wages totalling £600,000

Economics

6 d. ago Poland bans migrants from claiming asylum as Donald Tusk says country wants to 'take back control' of borders after influx of people entering from Belarus

Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, announced the right to claim asylum will be suspended for 60 days following an influx at the Belarus border.

Events

7 d. ago The asylum seeker towns where locals are 'too terrified to walk the streets': Residents in Britain's migrant hotspots say communities are being 'taken advantage of' and left fearing for their safety

EXCLUSIVE: Each asylum seeker who lodges a claim for protection is sent to a different part of the UK under the Home Office 's 'dispersal policy'.

Events

8 d. 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.

Events

8 d. 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.

Events

1 week ago Failed asylum seekers could be sent to 'migrant hubs' overseas if UK struggles to deport them

Unlike the Rwanda scheme, the Mirror understands the scheme would only deport people after their asylum claims had been rejected - in cases where the UK would otherwise struggle to remove them

Events

2 w. ago UK work visa changes criticised as new immigration rules loom

There had been a significant increase in the number of people holding a Skilled Worker visa claiming asylum in the UK

Economics

2 w. ago Iranian sex offender wins asylum claim to stay in UK after saying he would be persecuted as a Christian

The 31-year-old criminal, who cannot be named due to being granted anonymity by immigration judges, failed to attend his tribunal hearing.

Events

2 w. ago UK work visa changes made without understanding impact, watchdog finds as new immigration rules loom

There had been a significant increase in the number of people holding a Skilled Worker visa claiming asylum in the UK

Economics

2 w. ago Exposed, the 'skilled worker' ruse that saw 53 asylum claims jump to 5,300 in two years

The new 'backdoor to Britain' has witnessed at least a 100-fold increase in the number of foreign nationals arriving here as 'skilled workers' and then claiming to be refugees.

Events

2 w. ago Exploited, recognised as a slavery victim, now facing deportation: one seafarer’s UK ordeal

After years of helping Scottish criminal investigations and despite fearing for his life in India, Vishal Sharma’s asylum claim has been rejectedWhen Vishal Sharma, an experienced merchant seaman, arrived in London from India in November 2017, he was looking forward to a good job on a Belgian tanker, the MT Waasmunster, assisting engineers. He had a 15-month contract and a transit visa, enabling him to travel to Milford Haven in Wales, where the 174-metre vessel was anchored.But in a last-minute change of plan, his Mumbai agent told him to head to Southwick in West Sussex, England, to board a scallop trawler, the Noordzee. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago Tories warn Labour is scrapping immigration laws which would allow ministers to throw out any future asylum claim by gun

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp urged Sir Keir Starmer's Government to use measures passed by the Tories when they were in power.

Events