4 h. ago Foreign prison officers get visa exemption to prevent UK jail chaos

The Chief Inspector of Prisons earlier warned of a ‘devastating effect’ if a solution was not found

Events

14 h. ago Ministers ‘pretty confident’ visa details not compromised in Foreign Office hack

Business minister Sir Chris Bryant refused to say whether a Chinese-linked group was responsible for the cyber attack.

Politics

3 d. ago Rise in foreign criminals removed from UK in push to free up prison space

Number of foreign criminals leaving the UK is up 12 per cent year-on-year

Events

8 d. ago Canadian citizen’s personal details shared with Russian woman in major eVisa data breach

Migrants rights groups call on the data watchdog to investigate ‘unresolved’ problems with eVisa roll-out

Politics

9 d. ago UK visa restrictions to wipe £10.8 billion from economy, says Home Office assessment

Sweeping immigration reforms will damage the economy, a Home Office impact assessment suggests

Economics

2 w. ago UK universities restricting recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students

At least nine higher education institutions have stopped applications due to tougher Home Office rules and concerns over visa abuse

Politics

2 w. ago UK universities restrict recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students

At least nine higher education institutions have stopped applications due to tougher Home Office rules and concerns over visa abuse

Politics

2 w. ago From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart | Nadine White

Leaving eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown homeless and cut off from her mother should never have been sanctioned by the stateBritain’s long history with the Caribbean, from enslavement to the Windrush scandal, is marked by policies that have fractured families. The Home Office’s latest actions show little has changed. After the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, a tropical cyclone that made landfall across the Greater Antilles area in late October, eight-year-old Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown was left destitute in Jamaica. But after her UK-resident parents appealed for the Home Office to expedite her visa application, officials rejected it and Lati-Yana has been left to sleep on the floor of her elderly grandmother’s destroyed home.But the rejection rested on factual errors, according to Lati-Yana’s mother, Kerrian Bigby. Dawn Butler, her MP, shared a letter with me raising concerns about “misrepresentations” in the decision notice, including the claim that Bigby does not have full parental...

Events

2 w. ago World Cup chaos begins early as Iran officials BOYCOTT Washington DC draw over Trump's 'visa restrictions'

The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Iranian soccer federation spokesman Amir-Mahdi Alavi as saying that officials faced visa obstacles that go beyond sports considerations.

Politics

3 w. ago Jagtar Singh Johal moved to notoriously dangerous prison as outraged family say UK Gov 'playing with his life'

Gurpreet Singh Johal said it is "terrifying to think his brother is locked up" in Tihar Jail in Delhi which has a reputation for chaos, overcrowding, and violence.

Events

3 w. ago UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruinedAn eight-year-old girl left destitute in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa has been barred from coming to the UK to join her parents.The Guardian reported on the case of Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown after the hurricane. Her mother, Kerrian Bigby, a carer, moved from Jamaica to be with Lati-Yana’s British father, Jerome Hardy, a telecommunications worker, in April 2023, leaving their daughter to be cared for by her grandmother. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee

Move comes after fears the far-right former president was about to seek refuge at a foreign embassy to avoid prisonBrazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília , amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup.In a brief statement, federal police confirmed officers had executed a preventive arrest warrant at the request of the supreme court. The 70-year-old politician was taken to a federal police base, 7 miles from the presidential palace he occupied from 2019 until 2022, when he lost the election and tried to launch a military coup. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Fugees’ Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiracy and foreign lobbying

The trial included testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Events