6 h. ago Asylum seeker 'stabbed hotel worker over 20 times at railway station in broad daylight'

Deng Chol Majek, who the court has heard claims to be aged 19, denies murdering Rhiannon Whyte on October 20 last year.

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7 h. ago British border officers sent to Balkans to crack down on human traffickers, Shabana Mahmood announces, with small boat arrivals under Labour poised to hit 60,000 within days

Shabana Mahmood said the officials would look at whether UK teams could eventually be deployed permanently in the region.

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7 h. ago British border officers sent to Balkans as UK seeks to stem flow of migrants

British law enforcement is also sharing techniques to identify visa and passport fraud.

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11 h. ago 'Murdered' migrant hotel worker 'traumatised by asylum seeker who abused her over 'biscuits he didn't like'

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, is on trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court accused of the 'vicious' murder of Rhiannon Whyte, 27.

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11 h. ago Witness describes ‘terrified’ screams of hotel worker ‘stabbed by asylum seeker’

A close friend of Rhiannon Skye Whyte heard three screams and then silence at the time she was fatally stabbed, a jury has heard.

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14 h. ago Asylum seeker was ‘staring spookily’ at hotel worker on day of fatal stabbing

Witnesses said Deng Chol Majek intimidated three female staff members and appeared to be ‘planning something’ at Walsall’s Park Inn hotel.

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15 h. ago Chef at asylum seeker hotel breaks down in tears as she tells jury how migrant stared at staff 'planning something' before 'murdering' her colleague with a screwdriver

Louise Brittle worked in the kitchen of the Park Inn Hotel, Walsall, where Deng Chol Majek had been living in October last year, after it was turned into a migrant hotel.

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16 h. ago Shabana Mahmood accused of 'siding against local people' in Epping migrant row, as council launches new legal challenge to close down asylum hotel

Epping Forest District Council's High Court challenge claims accommodating asylum seekers at the Bell Hotel is a 'serious, flagrant and continuing' breach of planning laws.

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16 h. ago Charges are dropped against woman who waved Union flag from council HQ during Epping migrant hotel protest

Sarah White, 40, climbed the steps of the Epping Forest building after marching from the Bell Hotel where she had given a speech on August 31.

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16 h. ago Call for exclusion zone around Falkirk asylum hotel as protests continue

Falkirk for All say protests are intimidating for the asylum seekers and disruptive for local residents

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16 h. ago Essex asylum seeker hotel in ‘flagrant’ breach of planning laws, court told

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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20 h. ago Britain has lost control of its borders, home secretary admits

Shabana Mahmood says public trust in state will be weakened unless politicians ‘bring order’ to immigration

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27 h. ago Shabana Mahmood: 'The UK has lost control of its borders... and its eroding trust'

Ms Mahmood is expected to call for stronger international cooperation to tackle illegal migration.

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28 h. ago Council’s bid to block asylum seekers being housed in Bell Hotel to be heard

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, and the Home Office.

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29 h. ago Home secretary issues warning amid failure to tackle migrant crisis

Shabana Mahmood will insist that Britain can only stem the flow of migrants through international co-operation

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30 h. ago Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood warns failure over borders 'eroding credibility of state'

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will call for a 'joined-up international response' to illegal migration as she gathers with European allies on Wednesday

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30 h. ago Failure to tackle migrant crisis is eroding trust in politicians, Mahmood warns

Shabana Mahmood is to issue the warning as she hosts her counterparts from across the Western Balkans, as well as other European allies, in London.

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33 h. ago CCTV of asylum seeker 'following migrant hotel worker to deserted railway platform where he stabbed her to death with a screwdriver' is shown in court

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, went on trial on Tuesday accused of launching a 'frenzied attack' on Rhiannon Whyte as she commuted home from the Park Inn Hotel.

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35 h. ago European human rights watchdog triggers row with Government over warnings

Michael O’Flaherty published letters raising concerns over the treatment of transgender people and policing protests in the UK.

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37 h. ago Asylum seeker ‘stalked woman from hotel then stabbed her 23 times’

Majek was ‘clearly excited about what he had done’, prosecutor’s alleged, as he was seen dancing and laughing after the incident

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