22 h. ago Shabana Mahmood to end duty to support some asylum seekers in bid to shut hotels

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is attempting to demonstrate progress on deterring small boat crossings.

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26 h. 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.

Economics

52 h. ago Police bid to trace vehicle which struck bridge and shut down A77

The A77 was shut southbound for more than seven hours, with cops wanting to trace the vehicle which failed to stop after hitting the bridge.

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54 h. ago Sharp fall in 2025 for skilled worker and healthcare visa applications

Applicants across all visa categories fell 12% from 840,000 in 2024 to 737,100 in 2025.

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55 h. ago London councils split on taking part in £200m social housing scheme for asylum seekers

Hackney Council is keen to take part in the program, but Hillingdon said it will not ‘prioritise asylum seekers ahead of longstanding residents’

Economics

69 h. ago Two serial rapists among police officers not properly vetted

A report found 131 Metropolitan Police officers and staff who were not fully checked went on to commit crime or misconduct.

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3 d. ago Mahmood promises murdered MP’s family independent review into state failings

Sir David Amess’s family have made repeated calls for a public inquiry since his death in 2021.

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3 d. ago First flight of 2026 under UK ‘one in, one out’ asylum scheme cancelled

Detainees under scheme to return people entering UK on small boats told their plane tickets have been cancelledThe first flight of 2026 to return asylum seekers who came to the UK on small boats to France has been cancelled, the Guardian understands.Detainees earmarked for the UK government’s “one in, one out” scheme who had tickets for a flight on Wednesday morning to Paris were told their tickets had been cancelled. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Murdered MP’s family to meet Home Secretary to push for ‘answers’

Lady Julia Amess and Katie Amess are set for talks with Shabana Mahmood on Wednesday.

Society

4 d. 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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4 d. ago Migrants share video tutorials on how to sneak into Britain: Footage from northern France teaches asylum seekers to jump onto moving lorries without drivers realising

Videos posted on TikTok show migrants hiding behind bushes before sprinting after moving lorries and jumping onto them to break into their trailers.

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5 d. ago London and commuter town councils bid to be part of £200m scheme to build homes for asylum seekers

The proposals have sparked controversy, particularly in areas with high-cost housing and where thousands of people are on waiting lists for social properties

Economics

5 d. ago Labour's stance on Shamima Begum legal challenge spelled out in update by Shabana Mahmood

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told MPs that the Government will 'robustly defend' the decision to strip former ISIS bride Shamima Begum of her UK citizenship

Politics

5 d. ago Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment

Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’UK politics live – latest updatesEighty asylum seekers detained in preparation for being returned to France under the UK government’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have called on UN bodies to investigate their treatment. claiming they have suffered “fear, humiliation, and psychological distress” at the hands of the Home Office since arriving in the UK in small boats.The detainees have compiled a document, “Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre”, which claims they have been treated unjustly by the Home Office since arriving in the UK on small boats. Harmondsworth is one of two detention centres close to Heathrow airport in London. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Powers to seize mobile phones over Channel crossings come into force

The new powers come after the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act became law in December.

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5 d. ago UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners

People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from MondayHome Office plans to immediately begin seizing asylum seekers’ mobile phones and sim cards without the need for an arrest have been condemned by a solicitor and anti-torture campaigners.People who arrive by small boat and are sent to Manston processing centre in Kent will from Monday be eligible for searches for electronic devices, a minister has said, with technology on site to download data. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Mobile phones of migrants to be seized in Channel crackdown on 'small boats' smuggling gangs

Border guards, police and crime investigators are using new powers from Monday to examine phones and SIM cards of economic migrants and asylum seekers without having to arrest them

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6 d. ago A thousand residents march in Crowborough against plans to home hundreds of male migrants in barracks

Around 540 male asylum seekers are set to move into the cadet camp as early as this month as part of a government plan to reduce the number of hotels it uses to house them.

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6 d. ago ‘Evidence’ of asylum hotels closing will be seen in coming months, says Starmer

The Prime Minister said he is ‘determined’ to shut the hotels.

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7 d. ago Migrants are at the heart of our art, our music, our whole history. That’s what the right won’t admit to you | Rowan Williams

From Britain’s medieval buildings to western pop and contemporary art, these creations showcase our interwoven storiesWe are repeatedly sold a painfully two-dimensional picture of the motivations of those seeking shelter in Britain. According to this picture, migrants are eager to experience the benefits of our society, but they are also out to undermine it, because they come from cultures whose values are dramatically different from our own. Think of the ongoing “grooming gangs” scandal: an undeniably appalling series of events, institutional failures and victim-blaming that has been transformed into a narrative that suggests any “alien” is likely to be a sexual predator, since their predatory behaviour is a direct consequence of their religious and cultural background.So often, all we are allowed to know about asylum seekers is that they are asking – with irritating persistence – for a place in our social fabric, as if they have no world of their own, no cultural hinterland, no re...

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