2 h. ago Shabana Mahmood vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers in Labour immigration crackdown

Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under radical asylum reforms

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8 h. ago Somali long distance runner seeking asylum in Britain is charged with sex offences

Abdinasir Elmi, 26, whose immigration status is being decided, has been charged with sexual and strangulation crimes. Elmi will stand trial next February.

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10 h. ago Home Secretary vows to make illegal migrants wait 20 years before applying to stay in the UK permanently

The Home Secretary will unveil the proposals as part of wider plans, based on hardline Danish laws, to curb immigration and reduce the 'pull-factor' bringing migrants to the UK.

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11 h. ago Asylum seekers to lose housing and benefit rights under Labour immigration system overhaul

Home secretary vows to make refugee status temporary as part of system overhaul

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11 h. ago UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’

Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assetsShabana Mahmood is expected to announce changes to Britain’s asylum system on Monday in an attempt to quell rising fears about immigration.The home secretary plans to amend laws that guarantee housing and financial support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago UK to curtail asylum seekers’ automatic right to accommodation

Home secretary says Britain’s ‘generosity’ is ‘drawing illegal migrants’

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13 h. ago It's war! Hundreds take to the streets in protest over Starmer's plan to house 300 asylum seekers at Scottish barracks

Scots have sent a resounding message of defiance to Keir Starmer over his plan to house hundreds of asylum seekers at a historic military base.

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17 h. ago The shady BMW driving 'Mr Fixit' who sets up mini marts across Britain for asylum seekers to rake in £150k a year selling illegal cigarettes

While his true identity is unknown, he operates under the names Shaxawan Jamal and Kardos Mateen. To others he is simply referred to as 'the accountant'.

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36 h. ago Asylum seekers will only be allowed to stay in the UK temporarily under radical reforms

Shabana Mahmood promises ‘the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times’ in Monday speech

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43 h. ago Council loses bid to stop 'excessive' number of asylum seekers being housed in city

The authority had taken the Home Office to court over plans to place more asylum seekers in the city, arguing it was already accommodating far more than comparable areas.

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44 h. ago Failed asylum seeker appears in court charged with raping woman

Mohammed Fathi Eltbie, 24, originally from Egypt, was remanded in custody.

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44 h. ago Failed asylum seeker from Egypt is remanded in custody accused of raping woman aged in her 30s in a Bournemouth woodland

Mohammed Fathi Eltbie, 24, is accused of attacking the woman in woodland of Maxwell Road on Wednesday.

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59 h. ago Grim images of people struggling at sea shown to migrants in new shock tactics

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has authorised the use of shocking pictures not normally allowed in advertising campaigns, which will be shown to asylum seekers in France

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68 h. ago Three small boat migrants who 'dragged woman onto Brighton beach and raped her' appear in court

Two Egyptians and an Iranian Kurdish man are accused at Lewes Crown Court of dragging the 33-year-old woman onto the stone beach before subjecting her to a horrific ordeal.

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69 h. ago Three failed asylum seekers who 'dragged woman onto Brighton beach and raped her' appear in court

Two Egyptians and an Iranian Kurdish man are accused at Lewes Crown Court of dragging the 33-year-old woman onto the stone beach before subjecting her to a horrific ordeal.

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3 d. ago New Archbishop of Canterbury says churches SHOULD baptise asylum seekers amid fears of fake conversions to stay in the UK

Dame Sarah Mullally argued that due to the persecution faced by millions of Christians around the world, people may wait until they are in the UK to publicly declare their faith.

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3 d. ago Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site

The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising

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4 d. ago Asylum seekers can continue being housed in Bell Hotel after Epping council fails in bid to block them living there

Epping Forest District Council took legal action against Somani Hotels over the use of the Bell Hotel, which is home to dozens of male migrants.

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4 d. ago Asylum seekers can be allowed to stay in Essex hotel, court rules

The Bell Hotel in Essex has been told it can continue the practice

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4 d. ago Migrants and refugees welcome here just not near me! Green deputy leader complains about 600 asylum seekers being housed in her local area

In a recent letter to the Home Office, Rachel Millward complained about Government plans to temporarily use a military site in East Sussex as asylum accommodation.

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