30 h. ago Repeated failings at migrant hotel where asylum seeker killed himself exposed

Special report: Staff at hotel were ‘not appropriately trained’ and Home Office officials didn’t know who was providing crucial services

Events

49 h. ago ICE arrests NYC high schooler in immigration courthouse who was seeking asylum

Trump administration has rolled back guidance limiting arrests at ‘sensitive locations’

Events

2 d. ago London council considers legal action against Home Office over £5m asylum seeker bill

Hillingdon council said it is supporting an increasing number of migrants who have been evicted from hotels

Economics

3 d. ago Syrian asylum seeker who killed three people and wounded ten others in knife rampage at 'festival of diversity' after he was slated for deportation pleads guilty at German court

Issa Al Hasan, 27, made the confession at the start of his trial, held under tight security at the higher regional court in Duesseldorf on Tuesday.

Events

4 d. ago Britain to ask Kosovo to take UK's small boat migrants as it lines up talks over 'return hubs' in the Balkans after ditching Rwanda plan

The tiny country of 1.6million people, which only declared independence from Serbia 17 years ago, heads a shortlist of nine countries that ministers want to take failed asylum seekers.

Events

4 d. ago UK ‘to ask Kosovo’ to take failed asylum seekers in overseas ‘return hubs plan’

North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia said to be being considered for housing UK’s failed asylum seekers

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6 d. ago Gay Pakistani asylum seeker pleads with Keir Starmer to let him stay in the UK because he'll be forced to marry a woman if he goes back to his home country

Ali Raza Nasir insists he came to the UK to study but when he visited Soho in central London and met other gay people he knew that Britain was where he needed to settle.

Events

7 d. ago American arrested in Michael Gaine murder probe claims 'I've been framed by gangsters'

Michael Kelley, a self-described asylum seeker from the US, has denied any involvement in the alleged murder of Irish farmer Michael Gaine after he says he was arrested by Gardaí - claiming he was framed by gangsters

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7 d. ago Algerian asylum seekers who drugged then brutally raped two girls, 14 and 15, in 'unimaginably cruel ways' are sentenced in Austria

The younger girl was assaulted so brutally she had bruises along her ribs while the other had her mouth covered so she couldn't cry out for help during 15 hours of horrifying abuse.

Events

7 d. ago The migrant tent cities springing up in the suburb where one in every 112 residents is an asylum seeker

Hillingdon had supported 89 asylum seekers out of every 10,000 residents at the end of last year - and residents say taxpayers' money which the council is having to pay to house them was 'disgraceful'.

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8 d. ago Asylum seeker allowed to stay over fears he'd be punished by wicked stepmum back home

An unnamed asylum seeker from Guinea has been allowed to stay in the UK as he may be punished by his evil stepmother if he returned to the country after he successfully escaped

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8 d. ago Asylum seeker allowed to stay in Britain because his 'abusive stepmother would punish him for running away'

A judge ruled the man did not have to leave the UK as he would likely be severely punished by his relative for 'escaping' his home country of Guinea.

Events

8 d. ago End to asylum seekers in hotels ‘a fair way off’ despite latest fall

Asylum seekers are housed in hotels if there is not enough space in accommodation provided by local authorities or other organisations.

Society

8 d. ago Home Office releases more footage of failed asylum seekers and criminals being kicked out of UK

New data shows there have been nearly 30,000 returns of people since the general election as the Home Office releases new footage of people being kicked out

Events

1 week ago Judge lets Iraqi asylum seeker stay in Britain despite him admitting 'I don't have a real reason to be here, give me some time I'll make one up'

The 32-year-old man, who was granted anonymity by immigration judges, arrived in the UK illegally in 2016.

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1 week ago Asylum seeker fisherman who ran £12m migrant smuggling ring from taxpayer funded flat is jailed for 25 years

Egyptian-born Ahmed Ebid, 42, masterminded the movement of nearly 3,800 migrants - including women and children - as part of the £12m illegal boat operation.

Economics

1 week ago Asylum seeker who tried to win the right to stay in Britain because he was gay has his case thrown out

Esmir Demaj petitioned for the right to stay in Britain because he was a 'gay' man but was later found to have deliberately 'misled' the Home Office.

Events

1 week ago How asylum seeker fisherman became virtual captain of £12million migrant smuggling ring from taxpayer funded flat

Ahmed Ebid, 42, masterminded a £12 million operation, in which around 3,800 migrants, including women and children, were transported to Europe from Libya on overcrowded fishing boats.

Economics

1 week ago Alan Shearer apology at start of FA Cup coverage said it all about Gary Lineker

Alan Shearer famously stood by Gary Lineker when he was forced to step away from his role with BBC Match of the Day, following his stance on the then-Government's controversial policy on asylum seekers

Politics

2 w. ago Starmer talks to countries about return hubs for failed asylum seekers

The Prime Minister said such hubs would be ‘a very important additional tool in our armoury’ combined with other measures to tackle smuggling gangs.

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