7 h. 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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66 h. ago Racist offences in Scotland on the rise and account for 60 per cent of all hate crimes

The latest data comes as anti-migrant protests grow, with many hotels co-opted by the Home Office into housing people seeking asylum.

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5 d. ago ‘Not in our village’: asylum camp rumours prompt fear and night vigils in East Sussex

Crowborough on edge as unconfirmed plan to house asylum seekers in training camp spurs street patrols and pre-emptive protestsAmong the crowded shelves of Sacred Heart hardware store in Crowborough, there is a gap on the wall where the kitchen knives used to be displayed.As the local rumour of recent days goes, that space is linked to the news story of the moment in the East Sussex town: the imminent arrival of hundreds of asylum seekers at a nearby military training camp. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Protests against hotels being used to house asylum seekers are 'appalling', says John Swinney

The First Minister told an audience in Glasgow "we need people to come to Scotland to boost our working age population".

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9 d. ago Protesters hit Crowborough over plan to house 600 migrants in army camp

Up to 600 male asylum seekers are set to be housed at the camp on the outskirts of Crowborough, East Sussex, as Britain continues to be gripped by a small boat crisis.

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1 week ago NIGEL FARAGE: Labour and the SNP have failed ...no wonder we're winning over millions

We now know Scotland's biggest city is housing more asylum seekers than any other local authority in the UK - almost 4,000 by the end of September.

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1 week ago Home Office reopens immigration detention centre near Oxford in bid to house up to 400 asylum seekers

The Home Office decided to reopen Campsfield immigration detention facility as part of plans to increase the capacity for asylum seekers and foreign offenders while they wait to be deported.

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1 week ago Confusion over controversial asylum seeker hotel as council CEO letter emerges

Altrincham’s Cresta Court Hotel has been used to house asylum seekers

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1 week ago Trump’s sweeping changes to US immigration policy – here’s what to know

President orders pause on asylum claims and extra scrutiny of migrants from 19 countries after Washington shootingDonald Trump is seizing on the shooting of two national guard members, allegedly by an Afghan man, to press his immigration crackdown still farther. In the aftermath of the attack, which left guard member Sarah Beckstrom dead and colleague Andrew Wolfe in critical condition, Trump directed US Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause all pending asylum applications.USCIS followed up that announcement with more seismic shifts to immigration policy. This is how the White House is reshaping the process for requesting asylum, green cards and citizenship. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dad made 'stupid decision' at work housing asylum seekers, now he's in jail

One of 36-year-old Steven Finnigan's supporters moaned 'f*****g b*****ks' as he was led away to the cells

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2 w. ago Town set to host 600 asylum seekers spends £450,000 on Pooh's birthday

A town fighting plans to house 600 single male asylum seekers on a nearby military base is angry £450,000 is being spent on Winnie-the-Pooh celebrations, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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2 w. ago Swinney ‘not being fully candid’ about Cameron Barracks notification – Alexander

The Government has paused plans to house 300 asylum seekers at the site in Inverness.

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2 w. ago Protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers are racist says John Swinney

"Many of the people who are participating in these protests against the asylum seeker hotels are people who are spreading racist hate in our country."

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2 w. ago Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plans ‘made up on back of envelope’ says Swinney

John Swinney has hit out at the the UK Government's plans to house asylum seekers at an army barracks in the Highlands.

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2 w. ago Home Office delays plan to house 300 male asylum seekers at Highland barracks

The UK Government said it did not want ‘replicate the mistakes of the past where rushed plans led to unsafe and chaotic situations’.

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2 w. ago Police swarm Hilton asylum seeker hotel and arrest three men after 'stabbing'

The incident took place at around 10.45am yesterday at the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Westhill, which has been used to house asylum seekers since 2023.

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2 w. ago Plan to move migrants into army barracks is delayed over safety fears after hundreds of furious residents marched in protest

Ministers initially promised Crowborough Camp in East Sussex and Cameron Barracks in Inverness would start housing hundreds of asylum seekers by December 1.

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2 w. ago Number of asylum seekers living in Scots hotels listed by area

New figures show the geographic spread of asylum seekers housed in council areas by the Home Office.

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3 w. ago Hundreds take to the streets over plan to house asylum seekers at barracks

Campaigners marched through the streets of Crowborough carrying signs and flags, many wearing plain white T-shirts and chanting: ‘Send them home.’

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3 w. ago Hundreds protest against plans to house 600 lone male asylum seekers in army barracks near their homes

Furious residents have taken to the streets once again in a major backlash against government plans to move hundreds of lone male asylum seekers into an army training camp on the edge of Crowborough.

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