5 h. ago Inside Britain's asylum capital: Drug addicts roaming the streets, unemployment rife and thousands of pupils who can't speak English, GRAHAM GRANT reveals the startling decline of Glasgow

Emaciated heroin addict Dave, who looks considerably older than his 35 years, has lived rough on and off for the past 12 years. Now he is angry because migrants are stealing his 'business'.

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43 h. ago Revealed: The areas where more than HALF of pupils don't speak English as their first language

In 11 of England's 153 local educational authorities, children speak another language at home, such as Urdu, Polish and Panjabi.

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3 d. ago Britain could deport failed asylum seekers to North Macedonia under plan to open 'return hubs' in the Balkans

The Balkan country entered formal talks with the UK about hosting a migrant 'return hub' in the autumn, according to new reports.

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4 d. ago Lawmakers will hear from Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors

The Navy admiral who reportedly issued orders to fire upon survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat is on Capitol Hill for a classified briefing with top lawmakers

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4 d. ago The Latest: Lawmakers to hear from Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors

The Navy admiral who reportedly issued orders for the U.S. military to fire upon survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat is expected on Capitol Hill to provide a classified briefing to top congressional lawmakers overseeing national security

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6 d. ago One in three schoolchildren in Britain's asylum capital of Glasgow don't speak English as their first language, figures show amid fears city can't cope with more arrivals

Scottish Government figures show 28.8 per cent of students in Glasgow speak English as an additional language (EAL).

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1 week ago Asylum seekers now make up 44 PER CENT of net migration to Britain

The number of asylum seekers coming to Britain has surged to a record high, making up 44 per cent of total net migration.

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1 week ago Nigerian 'model and actress' wants asylum in Britain claiming her 'celebrity status' back home is putting her life at risk

A Nigerian migrant made a human rights claim after arriving in Britain, claiming she is a 'well-known model and actress' who took part in political activism in her home country.

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1 week ago Graham Thorpe's widow says he would still be alive if his 'cricket family' had supported him after his England sacking left him 'teetering on the edge' before his suicide aged 55

Graham Thorpe's widow has hit out at the network within English cricket, declaring her husband would still be alive if he was given better support.

Society

2 w. ago Islamist terror suspect questioned over Sri Lankan bombings which killed 269 people seeks asylum in Britain

The asylum seeker, from Sri Lanka, was held over allegations that he was involved in the Easter Sunday bombings in April 2019, which killed 269 including eight Brits.

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2 w. ago Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik

‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straightOver the past couple of weeks, Shabana Mahmood has launched not only her new asylum crackdown policy, but also her “story”. The two are inseparable: her story justifies the crackdown. It moralises the crackdown. And it silences criticism of the crackdown. Sold as an origin story from within an immigrant and racialised experience, the purpose is to imbue her politics with sacred authenticity – the credibility of the first person. It is clever and effective. It is cynical and disgraceful.“I am the child of immigrants” is how Mahmood now starts her fable. Immigrants who came here legally. She goes on to tell us that immigration is tearing this country apart, and proposes policies that mean UK-born children, who have known no life anywhere else, will be deported. As she launches policies that will leave refugees homeless and without support, tear families apa...

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2 w. ago Britain rolls out the red carpet for asylum seekers, yet we can't afford to live: Parents in poverty trap slam Labour for giving migrants free food, phones, housing

Huddled inside their cramped three-bed terrace, Gemma Grafton and Lee Stevenson are fighting a quiet battle that millions of struggling British families will recognise.

Society

2 w. ago London borough becomes first in country to install specialist drug squad after record deaths in capital

Tower Hamlets Council’s seven officer team has seized a £50,000 haul of illegal substances from a vehicle in Blackwall Way car park

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2 w. ago The parties inside Britain's biggest asylum seeker centre: Migrants dance with the help of disco equipment in new video

In the shocking footage a group of men can be seen dancing and singing around in a recreation area at former RAF Wethersfield in Essex.

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2 w. ago Children born in Britain to refugee parents will face deportation under Shabana Mahmood's asylum overhaul

Children born in the UK to refugees and those who have no right to stay would face deportation under plans from Shabana Mahmood - because Britain does not recognise birthright citizenship.

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2 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Are Labour right to offer asylum seekers more than £3,000 to leave Britain?

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveiled a series of controversial asylum reforms yesterday, which came under fire from many within her own party.

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2 w. ago Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs

Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensionsUK politics live – latest updatesThe home secretary is seeking “to use children as a weapon” in her changes to the asylum system, a veteran Labour peer who came to Britain as a child refugee has said.Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK aged six in 1939 fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, described Shabana Mahmood’s proposals as “a shabby thing”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dublin promises tougher asylum rules to counter any new measures Labour bring in, to ensure migrants continue heading to Britain and not Ireland

Jim O'Callaghan said the UK's new proposals could alter the flow of asylum seekers between the two countries and insisted Ireland would not become a more attractive destination than Britain.

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3 w. ago Mutiny in the Labour ranks over Home Secretary's 'cruel' new migrant rules

The Home Secretary told MPs that radical reforms were needed to restore public confidence in Britain's 'broken' asylum system, saying it 'feels out of control and unfair'.

Society

3 w. ago 'Shabana Mahmood's asylum switcheroo, and why Britain kills more refugees than it helps'

As the Justice Secretary announces changes to the asylum system, Fleet Street Fox explains why it won't make the place any nicer to live in

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