3 h. ago Judge ordered jury NOT be told that Pakistani national who raped a teenage girl in a park was an asylum seeker

Judge Nirmal Shant stopped the public from being told about the rapist's asylum status by gagging the Press from reporting it until the end of his trial, it can now be revealed.

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11 h. ago Pakistani asylum seeker unmasked by Reform MP Lee Anderson is found guilty of raping 'vulnerable' girl in a park

Sheraz Malik's immigration status was exposed by Mr Anderson after the drunken victim was targeted by Malik and his friend last summer.

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11 h. ago Asylum seeker found guilty of two counts of raping woman in park

Sheraz Malik, 28, had claimed he had consensual sex with the woman, who was 18 at the time of the attack in June last year.

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12 h. ago Asylum seeker found guilty of raping 'drunk and vulnerable' girl, 18, in UK park

Sheraz Malik, 28, was found guilty of two counts of raping a woman in a park in Nottinghamshire - Malik, an asylum seeker, is now due to be sentenced on February 6

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27 h. ago Migrant boasts about sneaking into Britain from bottom of moving lorry: TikTok asylum seeker films himself clinging to HGV's wheel axle with his head just INCHES from road

The clip posted on TikTok shows the young man wedged into the bottom of the vehicle with his legs hanging from a pole, leaving his upper half floating dangerously close to the ground.

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61 h. ago ‘A lot of fear’: the families bearing brunt of Sweden’s immigration crackdown

Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language“Sweden did this for us,” said Sofiye*, making a supportive scooping up gesture with her hands. “And then, bam.” She dropped them to the ground.Sofiye, who has three children, arrived in Sweden from Uzbekistan as an asylum seeker in 2008, and for much of that time she was able to build a life in the Scandinavian country. The family lived in a flat in a Stockholm suburb and Sofiye worked for the municipality in the home help department. She learned Swedish and her children went through the Swedish school system. Her youngest son was born in Sweden and her 18-year-old son, Hamza, who is studying in college to be a technician, doesn’t know life anywhere else. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US

Guan Heng sought asylum in the United States after exposing human rights abuses in his native China

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3 d. ago Asylum seeker plans 'lies' says owner of former care home targeted by arsonists

Property owner Bilal Babar said he has been left 'upset and stressed' after his property was targeted following the spread of rumours that it could be used to house asylum seekers, something he said is 'not an option'

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3 d. ago Algerian asylum seeker is jailed over terrifying London Underground phone robbery spree after he sexually assaulted woman in the street

Adel Kerari, 27, of Lisgar Terrace in Hammersmith and Fulham, was jailed at Inner London Crown Court for two years and eight months in prison.

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4 d. ago Failed asylum seeker who subjected woman to 'animalistic' rape while he was staying at taxpayer

Chret Callender, 28, staying at the Britannia Hotel in Bournemouth, turned up drunk at the victim's home and forced himself on her.

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4 d. ago Killer, 52, is charged with trying to murder asylum seeker doctor

Duncan Heaton (pictured) is accused of trying to kill Andong Abong Ashu, an NHS scientist granted asylum in the UK before being jailed for raping a young girl during sham medical examinations.

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5 d. ago Ethiopian asylum seeker, 23, 'sexually assaulted worker' at migrant hotel hit by protests

An Ethiopian asylum seeker has been charged with sexually assaulting a member of staff at a hotel housing migrants.

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6 d. ago Home Office supports asylum seeker site for Welsh village despite council's objections

The Home Office asylum adjudication panel has decided procurement will go ahead for Oak Alyn Hall in Sydallt, near Gwersyllt, despite Wrexham Council's formal objections on community safety grounds

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9 d. ago US asylum seeker gets thousands in taxpayer cash after flying to the UK from his home in Las Vegas and staying here for more than a year

The man flew here 14 months ago on a US passport from Las Vegas claiming he was being persecuted in the US because he is black, Jewish and a Mormon.

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9 d. ago Calls growing for buffer zones outside asylum seeker hotels in Scotland

"Even when you are inside you feel frightened let along going outside, because of the way they shout and speak you feel if you went outside at that time, you could be attacked."

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1 week ago Minneapolis ICE agents detain seriously ill Libyan asylum seeker with agonizingly painful skin condition

A migrant with a rare genetic skin disorder was detained by ICE despite being an IT specialist with no criminal record and patiently awaiting a decision on his asylum case.

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2 w. ago Kurdish asylum seeker, 27, raped girl he met online in the grounds of Tamworth Castle just weeks after arriving in the UK on a small boat

Kurdish national Mehmet Ogur, who was living at the Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, forced himself on his 18-year-old victim in the grounds of Tamworth Castle.

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2 w. ago Sudanese asylum seeker is facing jail after threatening Christian preacher with a knife at Speakers' Corner

Ahmed Mohammed, 35, who arrived in the UK from Sudan in 2012, was at the famous site while Daniel Ayettey was stood on a ladder and preaching to the crowd on May 25.

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2 w. ago Deported Czech drug dealer who boasted about sneaking back into Britain by posing on streets in £1,500 Moncler jacket is jailed for 12 months

Czech drug dealer and failed asylum seeker Patrik Durac, 27, who defiantly 'sneaked' back into Britain just months after he was deported has now been jailed for 12 months.

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2 w. ago ‘One in, one out’ asylum seekers say scheme has caused them severe psychological harm

Detainees at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre say they are being ‘isolated and punished’

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