9 h. ago Extra 220 children may have been wrongly detained as adult people smugglers in Australia, government admits

In 2023 the federal court ordered $27.5m compensation for an initial estimated 220 Indonesian minors wrongly detained – but that number has now doubledFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has revealed that a further 220 Indonesian children may have been wrongly detained as adult people smugglers, doubling the number initially thought.Late in 2023 the federal court ordered $27.5m in compensation for an estimated 220 Indonesian children who were wrongly detained as adult people smugglers between 2010 and 2012.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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15 h. ago People smuggler who crammed nine migrants including child aged four into van and crossed Channel jailed

Border Force officers stopped Constantin-Florin Pauliuc’s vehicle at the Port of Dover after he arrived in the UK from Calais

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20 h. ago Australian citizen detained 32 times at Sydney airport accuses border force of systemic racism

Hubert Igbinoba, who is suing the Australian government, says he is singled out because he is black – a claim the government deniesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian citizen detained 32 times at Sydney airport – without allegation or charge – has told the federal circuit court he is stopped and searched almost every time he enters the country because he is black.Okungbowa Hubert Igbinoba also told a directions hearing on Tuesday that an $80,000 settlement offer from the government was an attempt to silence him.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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40 h. ago People smuggler, 55, who ran £1.5 million operation to transport migrants across the Channel in small boats while working as railway cleaner is jailed

Pistiwan Jameel, 55, acted as a broker for smuggling gangs in France and boasted of being a 'trusted' fixer who made at least £1.6million for his criminal network.

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54 h. ago You can't deport us to Belgium because their prisons aren't comfy enough, moan Albanian people smugglers trying to stay in the UK

Sabah Zeka, a 41-year-old Albanian who was granted UK citizenship after claiming asylum, is facing a 12-year prison sentence in Belgium after being convicted for his role in a people-smuggling ring.

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68 h. ago British granny, 74, brought to tears by surprise twist in bitter visa row after epic battle to remain in Australia

A grandmother fighting deportation to the UK after 43 years of living in Australia has broken down in tears after the government made a surprise decision.

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6 d. ago Human traffickers 'beat eight migrants to death during boat crossing including father and son and a 14

Spanish police have arrested seven alleged people smugglers accused of killing the migrants during a sea crossing from Senegal to the Canary Islands, authorities said Wednesday.

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6 d. ago Australian spy boss says 3 foreign governments plotted to harm people in Australia

An Australian security boss says his spy agency has discovered three foreign governments plotting to physically harm people living in Australia

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7 d. ago Albanian people smuggler who jumped bail and fled to Spain joins the rest of his gang in jail after being extradited back to UK

Arsen Feci, 49, from Nottingham , has been sentenced following an investigation after a coastguard plane saw migrants being taken off a small boat in Joss Bay, Kent.

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