6 h. ago Asylum seekers 'are SEVEN times more likely to be arrested than everyone else on Britain's railways' as MP warns our open borders have made country 'dangerous'

Asylum seekers are up to seven times more likely to be arrested than the rest of the population, official figures suggest.

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6 h. ago Hundreds take to the streets in march against plans to house 540 migrants in former army barracks

Around 540 male asylum seekers are set to move into army barracks in Crowborough as part of a government plan to reduce the number of hotels it uses to house them.

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7 h. ago Protesters come face to face with police as hundreds march against plans to house 540 migrants in former army barracks

Around 540 male asylum seekers are set to move into army barracks in Crowborough as part of a government plan to reduce the number of hotels it uses to house them.

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25 h. ago TikTok 'Channel migrants' party' in Britain: 'Asylum seekers' celebrate making it to the UK in video from suspected taxpayer

The clip shows around 10 people having a party in a room with decorations consistent with those found in a Holiday Inn Express - several of which have been used to house asylum seekers.

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30 h. ago US asylum seeker gets thousands in taxpayer cash after flying to the UK from his home in Las Vegas and staying here for more than a year

The man flew here 14 months ago on a US passport from Las Vegas claiming he was being persecuted in the US because he is black, Jewish and a Mormon.

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33 h. ago Calls growing for buffer zones outside asylum seeker hotels in Scotland

"Even when you are inside you feel frightened let along going outside, because of the way they shout and speak you feel if you went outside at that time, you could be attacked."

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50 h. ago Welsh village erupts in fury over plans to house 70 asylum seekers in a former care home as 500 locals queue up to protest

Police officers kept watch and patrolled Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham, today as around 500 locals queued for the packed public meeting.

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3 d. ago More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres

Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas called in to quell action at Harmondsworth and Brook House facilitiesMore than 100 asylum seekers held at two immigration detention centres have staged overnight protests against the UK’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme with France.Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas arrived to quell the protests. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Lucy Connolly is warned she faces prison recall for resharing 'tongue

Former childminder Lucy Connolly from Northampton was jailed for 31 months in October 2024 for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers after the Southport murders.

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4 d. ago Fury as Italian judge downgrades sex assault charges for migrant who impregnated 10

The abuse took place in the summer of 2024, in a migrant centre located in the Hotel Il Cacciatore which houses about 20 asylum seekers.

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5 d. ago Minneapolis ICE agents detain seriously ill Libyan asylum seeker with agonizingly painful skin condition

A migrant with a rare genetic skin disorder was detained by ICE despite being an IT specialist with no criminal record and patiently awaiting a decision on his asylum case.

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6 d. ago Kurdish asylum seeker, 27, raped girl he met online in the grounds of Tamworth Castle just weeks after arriving in the UK on a small boat

Kurdish national Mehmet Ogur, who was living at the Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, forced himself on his 18-year-old victim in the grounds of Tamworth Castle.

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6 d. ago Sudanese asylum seeker is facing jail after threatening Christian preacher with a knife at Speakers' Corner

Ahmed Mohammed, 35, who arrived in the UK from Sudan in 2012, was at the famous site while Daniel Ayettey was stood on a ladder and preaching to the crowd on May 25.

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6 d. ago ‘The response is a beautiful thing’: how Glasgow is squaring up to Reform

In the face of Nigel Farage, flag-waving and a longstanding housing crisis, some Glaswegians are taking on anti-immigration rhetoricSelina Hales has a thing about pineapples. She is talking in a quiet office, set aside from the bustle of Refuweegee, the charity she founded 10 years ago, and the walls are festooned with tissue paper cutouts of the fruit, which is an international symbol of hospitality.Refuweegee – its name a combination of the words “refugee” and “Weegee”, local slang for Glaswegian – has expanded exponentially over the decade into an operation that supports hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees in the city every day. Back then, she had a simple idea about making welcome packs, each one including a handwritten letter from a Glasgow resident. “One of our very favourite early letters said: “Welcome to Glasgow. I like pineapples. What do you like?” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Hundreds march in Crowborough again in protest of Government plan to house 600 male migrants in former army barracks

Around 540 male asylum seekers are set to move into the Sussex town's army barracks as part of a government plan to reduce the number of hotels it uses to house them.

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8 d. ago Shabana Mahmood to end duty to support some asylum seekers in bid to shut hotels

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is attempting to demonstrate progress on deterring small boat crossings.

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9 d. ago Deported Czech drug dealer who boasted about sneaking back into Britain by posing on streets in £1,500 Moncler jacket is jailed for 12 months

Czech drug dealer and failed asylum seeker Patrik Durac, 27, who defiantly 'sneaked' back into Britain just months after he was deported has now been jailed for 12 months.

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1 week ago London councils split on taking part in £200m social housing scheme for asylum seekers

Hackney Council is keen to take part in the program, but Hillingdon said it will not ‘prioritise asylum seekers ahead of longstanding residents’

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1 week ago First flight of 2026 under UK ‘one in, one out’ asylum scheme cancelled

Detainees under scheme to return people entering UK on small boats told their plane tickets have been cancelledThe first flight of 2026 to return asylum seekers who came to the UK on small boats to France has been cancelled, the Guardian understands.Detainees earmarked for the UK government’s “one in, one out” scheme who had tickets for a flight on Wednesday morning to Paris were told their tickets had been cancelled. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘One in, one out’ asylum seekers say scheme has caused them severe psychological harm

Detainees at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre say they are being ‘isolated and punished’

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