51 h. ago Channel migrant arrivals hits another record: 5,847 asylum seekers landed in UK in first three months of 2025

A total of 5,847 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel so far in 2025, including 335 yesterday, according to provisional Home Office figures.

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3 d. 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

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4 d. ago UK Government could send migrants to Balkans and 'lock them up' in detention centres

Plans are being considered around whether or not to deport failed asylum seekers to the Balkans and 'lock them up' in ‘detention centres’ after ditching the Rwanda scheme

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4 d. ago Labour considers sending migrants to ‘overseas hubs’ in Balkans

Conservatives said the idea showed prime minister Keir Starmer was wrong to cancel scrapped Rwanda scheme before it even started

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4 d. ago Labour considers plans to deport failed asylum seekers to the BALKANS and lock them in 'detention centres'

The asylum seekers could be sent to 'return hubs' in the western Balkans - in countries including Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and North Macedonia, after their applications for asylum are rejected.

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2 w. ago Failed asylum seeker who was not deported despite repeated crimes against women is jailed after raping a sex worker

Iranian national Salih Mahmoudi, 42, struck in the early hours of the morning on August 21, 2023.

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3 w. ago Failed asylum seeker who punched man unconscious turns up for sentencing wearing designer clothes, £180 Nike trainers and carrying two iPhones

Hamza Amri, 29, arrived in Britain two years ago and was sent to live on the Bibby Stockholm in Dorset on an £9.10 a week allowance.

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