6 d. ago Ghanaian cocaine dealer tried to avoid deportation by claiming she would be persecuted in her home country because they think she's a witch

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, notched up a 'lengthy' criminal record under 15 identities before finally being snared on fraud charges and lined up for deportation in 2014.

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8 d. ago Visa overstayers will be deported, vows minister after number claiming asylum in UK revealed

The Home Office said about 40,000 people who came to Britain from abroad as students, workers or visitors last year have sought asylum

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1 week ago Gay Malaysian asylum seeker wins right to stay in UK after judge says home country's ban on Pride watches shows he would be persecuted if sent there

The man, who had overstayed his visa, won after Judge Bijan Hoshi ruled that the LGBTQ+ community are subjected to 'serious discrimination' by government and society in the Asian country.

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1 week ago Drug dealer, 46, who has 13 convictions tried to avoid being deported from the UK by arguing it would ruin his career... as a POET

Cocaine dealer Evan Holmes, 46, claimed that being sent back to his homeland would strip him of his creative inspiration and make it impossible for him to find work.

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1 week ago British boxing champ jailed for six years after running away to Ireland, Thailand and Mexico

Boxer Lennox Clarke has been sent down after being caught supplying drugs to a known dealer after he returned to the UK following trips abroad to avoid arrest

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1 week ago University professor lawsuit claims Trump administration deporting pro

Lawsuit comes after multiple U.S. permanent residents and visa-holding academics have faced deportation in recent weeks

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1 week ago Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets

Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El SalvadorThe Trump administration invoked the “state secrets” privilege to avoid providing more information to a federal judge regarding this month’s highly contentious immigrant expulsions to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.The administration’s invocation of the privilege is a further escalation in Donald Trump’s immigration-related battle against the federal judiciary. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge wildly claims Nazis got better treatment during WWII than Venezuelan migrants deported by Trump

A U.S. appeals court judge said that Nazis were given more rights to contest their removal from the United States during World War Two than Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration.

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago ‘He is innocent’: families of deported Venezuelans rebuke Trump claims

US president has painted Venezuelan migrants deported to notorious El Salvador prison as ‘heinous monsters’ Donald Trump’s White House has described the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador as “heinous monsters” and terrorists who “rape, maim and murder for sport”.But relatives of Francisco Javier García Casique, a 24-year-old from the city of Maracay, say he was a hairdresser, not a crook. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘He is innocent’: family of deported Venezuelan rebukes Trump claims

Brother of Francisco Javier García Casique spotted him in a video showing scores of Venezuelan prisoners being taken to notorious El Salvador prisonDonald Trump’s White House has described the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador as “heinous monsters” and terrorists who “rape, maim and murder for sport”.But relatives of Francisco Javier García Casique, a 24-year-old from the city of Maracay, say he was a hairdresser, not a crook. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump says he wouldn’t defy courts despite claims he ignored deportation order

Administration accused of deliberately flouting James Boasberg’s ruling to halt deportation of 200 immigrantsDonald Trump has repeated his declaration that he would not defy a court ruling, even as controversy swirls about whether his administration has already ignored several of them following a spate of negative judgments that threaten to block his governing agenda.Anger among the president’s supporters has been simmering against a federal judge, James Boasberg, who ordered a halt to the deportation of more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants last weekend. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump waging ‘sickening’ psychological war, deported Venezuelan’s lawyer says

One detained man’s lawyer says he is gay artist who had fled persecution in his home country, not a gang memberA lawyer for one of the Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador has accused the Trump administration of waging a “sickening” campaign of psychological warfare against asylum seekers and migrants.“In my 15 years of representing people in removal proceedings in the United States, this is the most shocking thing that I’ve ever seen happen to one of our clients,” said Lindsay Toczylowski, a California-based lawyer for the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) group. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge issues fresh deadline to White House over Venezuelan deportations row – US politics live

Trump administration deported the Venezuelans despite legal orders not to and claimed it had the right to continue flights once they had left US airspaceDonald Trump visited the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday for the first time since making himself its new chair, threatening to shutter an expensive new addition and describing the marble Washington landmark as being in “tremendous disrepair.”Trump presided over the center’s board meeting in a demonstration of his takeover of an institution that has long enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pakistani sex attacker who groped woman after living illegally in Britain for 11 years avoided deportation by claiming he is gay

The sex offender, 53, had been living in the UK illegally for 11 years but was granted refugee status after arguing he was homosexual and would face persecution in his home country.

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3 w. ago Columbia graduate detained by Ice was respected British government employee

Mahmoud Khalil described by former colleague at UK office for Syria as well liked and extensively vettedA detained Columbia University graduate threatened with deportation after the Trump administration claimed he poses a risk to US foreign policy is a former employee of the British government who was extensively vetted before working at the embassy in Beirut.Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate from a Columbia University master’s programme, was arrested at home on 9 March as he returned with his wife from a dinner to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage says there is 'no way back' into Reform for Rupert Lowe after MP claims party tried to 'silence' his 'mass deportations' demand over grooming gang attacks

The party leader said there was 'no way back' for Mr Lowe after he accused senior figures of trying to 'silence him' when he spoke out about grooming gangs.

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4 w. ago Suspended Reform MP claims party warned him over deportation comments

Rupert Lowe said he had made attempts to persuade Reform to ‘invest in a serious policy machine to present credible plans’ on the subject.

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last month Tories to seek law change to stop illegal migrants making human rights claims to prevent deportation

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the change was 'critical to shift immigration powers from the courts to Parliament', but they will need the support of Labour MPs to get it passed.

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