72 m. ago First asylum seekers are due in Crowborough barracks in just WEEKS

Ministers and officials are understood to be preparing the Crowborough military base to house 540 male migrants in the New Year.

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5 h. ago First asylum seekers expected to arrive in East Sussex barracks in new year

Government has vowed to end use of asylum hotels and plans to send first men to Crowborough site within weeksThe Home Office plans to send the first group of asylum seekers to a military site in East Sussex in the new year, the Guardian understands.Discussions in Whitehall are under way to use Crowborough army training camp within weeks as part of efforts to end the use of hotels for asylum accommodation. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Dad smuggled into UK in lorry slams Government's asylum seeker plans and blasts Farage

Sabir Zazai OBE, has made a life for himself in Scotland after going through the asylum seeker system in 1999 - has begged for refugees to be treated with dignity in communities.

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19 h. ago UK asylum seekers not widely abusing modern slavery rules, report finds

Exclusive: Thinktank’s findings undermine successive home secretaries’ statements about misuse of system in England and WalesAsylum seekers are not abusing the modern slavery system in a widespread manner, according to a report from a centre-right thinktank that undermines statements from successive home secretaries.The report from Bright Blue finds limited evidence that asylum seekers are falsely claiming to have been the victims of modern slavery to stay in the country, despite several home secretaries blaming the system for stopping them deporting more people. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago ‘I was left homeless after the Home Office claimed I wasn’t a child – here’s why AI age checks are dangerous for migrants like me’

The Home Office has advertised a £1.3 million contract for an algorithm that can ‘accurately predict someone’s age’. One former asylum seeker tells Holly Bancroft why he thinks this could go very wrong

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35 h. ago From cosying up in idyllic rural retreat to foodies’ delight – two dreamy couples’ getaways

HAS party season left you craving some one-on-one time? Book a dreamy couples’ getaway. The Challoners, East Sussex Deputy Editor Gayle Schoales, husband Nick and their Jack Russell Dixie cosied up in an idyllic rural retreat. THE PAD It’s hard to imagine a more romantic setting than The Challoners: two timber-clad cabins in a lush...

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2 d. ago Is YOUR council going to delay elections again? Sussex and Thurrock among 63 areas where votes might not happen in May as Starmer tries to stop Reform surge

Local authorities in East and West Sussex are among those backing pushing back votes from May to 2027, while Thurrock is also considering the move.

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3 d. ago Failed Egyptian asylum seeker denies raping a woman in a wooded area of Bournemouth

Mohammed Fathi Eltbie, appeared before the Bournemouth Crown Court today, where he entered his plea. He was remanded in custody until his trial, set on May 26.

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3 d. ago Failed asylum seeker pleads not guilty to rape of woman in woods

The alleged offence is said to have happened in the Dorset seaside resort on November 5

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4 d. ago The chaotic life of an immigration lawyer in Trump’s America: ‘Some days you break down in tears’

The Guardian followed immigration attorney Milli Atkinson as she pivoted from case to case – and tried to keep herself sane. This is what her typical day looks likeIt’s been a chaotic year in San Francisco immigration court. At least 88 asylum seekers have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at their court hearings. More than half of the immigration judges have been fired. A climate of fear and uncertainty pervades.At the center of it all, immigration attorney Milli Atkinson has been holding things together. She leads the San Francisco Bar Association’s Attorney of the Day program, which provides people from all over Northern California with free legal advice when they show up to immigration court. She also leads San Francisco’s Rapid Response Network, finding legal representation for anyone in the city arrested by ICE. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Asylum seekers likely to cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds over their lifetimes, says official report

A official new report by the Migration Advisory Committee said people entering Britain through asylum and refugee routes make an 'unambiguously negative' contribution to public funds.

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5 d. ago Corrugated steel beach 'shed' home goes on the market for £750,000

John Carver, 68, and Anna Carloss, 59, bought the two-bedroom house in Camber - in East Sussex - three years ago.

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5 d. ago Beachside two bedroom home made out of corrugated steel created by artsy couple goes on the market for £750,000

John Carver, 68, and Anna Carloss, 59, bought the two-bedroom house in Camber - in East Sussex - three years ago.

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5 d. ago Flats in Welsh resort town to be used to house asylum seekers

The local council has confirmed residential flats will be refurbished to house asylum seekers under a UK Government scheme

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5 d. ago Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia

British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in LondonAppeal court judges have backed a decision that dozens of asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on one of the world’s most remote islands, rejecting an appeal on Tuesday by the commissioner for the territory.Exactly a year ago, on 16 December 2024, a judge ruled that Tamils who arrived on the island of Diego Garcia, a UK and US military base, after a shipwreck while they were trying to reach Canada to seek asylum, were unlawfully detained there for three years in conditions described as “hell on Earth”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago DWP Christmas payment dates: when your DWP, HMRC benefits are paid at Christmas 2025 and New Year in Scotland

Festive bank holidays can quietly shift when your money is expected to arrive 🎄

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6 d. ago The shocking map of Britain that reveals the true scale of sex crimes by illegal migrants

The case of two teenage Afghan asylum seekers jailed for raping a 15-year-old British schoolgirl shocked the nation in recent days.

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6 d. ago Chef, 59, admits groping women as they exercised on Brighton beach after offering them 'touching therapy'

Fattah Derrahi, 59, of Hove, East Sussex, told the women they had 'good energy' after watching them exercise on Brighton seafront before groping them, between 2021 and 2025.

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6 d. ago Migrants convicted of rape and sexual assault ‘claiming PTSD as excuse to spend less time in prison’

MIGRANTS convicted of rape and sexual assault are claiming PTSD as an excuse to spend less time in prison, it is claimed. Multiple examples in recent months show asylum seekers having their terms reduced due to the mental disorder, with judges weighing psychiatric evidence against the seriousness of their crimes. The reductions - which are...

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7 d. ago KATIE HIND: Did Zoe Ball waltz off Radio 2 for a top job on Strictly? It's the last thing she needs, say friends

She loves little more than mooching around the East Sussex seaside town with her children Woody, 25, and Nelly, 15, where she's simply regarded as another local.

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