4 h. ago Man spared jail after warning asylum hotel: 'Get these people out, we're coming'

A man who telephoned an asylum seekers' hotel and warned 'Get these people out, we're coming' has been spared jail because he restricted his threats to a call - rather than posting them online.

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6 h. ago First asylum seekers will be sent back to France in days as ministers 'straining at the bit'

Asylum seekers who arrived in small boats will be sent back to France as soon as Monday under a one-in one-out deal Keir Starmer struck with French President Emmanuel Macron

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15 h. ago Britain's asylum seeker 'golden triangle': The three northern towns which house the most illegal migrants in private accommodation

Once the capital of the cotton weaving world during the Industrial Revolution, the former mill town - along with its neighbours - has become a golden triangle for asylum seekers.

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21 h. ago Racist behind Saltires campaign in Glasgow called for asylum seekers to be 'gassed'

Kieran Logan, 27, co-runs the Tartan Team campaign which has seen hundreds of Scotland flags raised on lamp posts across the city.

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30 h. ago Bottles thrown at police as 100 officers clash with ‘unite the kingdom’ marchers – UK politics live

Met police estimate 110,000 people attended rally, with smaller number of counter-protesters also presentMore than a hundred people have gathered outside Russell Square before the ‘march against fascism’ counter-protest against the ‘unite the kingdom’ march, featuring far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Both are being held in central London on Saturday.According to the PA news agency, people in Russell Square milled around with placards that said “refugees welcome” and “oppose Tommy Robinson”. Chants of “say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here” started at about 11.20am, the news agency reports.The far right are a menace to the whole of society. Their first targets, asylum seekers and Muslims, are broadening to all migrants, black people and on to trade unionists, all religious minorities and anti-racists.This is going to be big, but we are also talking about movement to the right of Reform UK and we still don’t know where it is g...

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31 h. ago Elon Musk addresses the ‘unite the kingdom’ march crowd via video link – UK politics live

Met Police believe 110,000 people attending rally, with one group in Whitehall throwing projectiles at officersMore than a hundred people have gathered outside Russell Square before the ‘march against fascism’ counter-protest against the ‘unite the kingdom’ march, featuring far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Both are being held in central London on Saturday.According to the PA news agency, people in Russell Square milled around with placards that said “refugees welcome” and “oppose Tommy Robinson”. Chants of “say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here” started at about 11.20am, the news agency reports.The far right are a menace to the whole of society. Their first targets, asylum seekers and Muslims, are broadening to all migrants, black people and on to trade unionists, all religious minorities and anti-racists.This is going to be big, but we are also talking about movement to the right of Reform UK and we still don’t know where i...

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35 h. ago Police say about 110,000 attending ‘unite the kingdom’ rally in London, with 5,000 counter

Met Police say ‘difficult to estimate numbers in attendance’ but they believe 110,000 attending rally, with a further 5,000 counter protesters More than a hundred people have gathered outside Russell Square before the ‘march against fascism’ counter-protest against the ‘unite the kingdom’ march, featuring far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. Both are being held in central London on Saturday.According to the PA news agency, people in Russell Square milled around with placards that said “refugees welcome” and “oppose Tommy Robinson”. Chants of “say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here” started at about 11.20am, the news agency reports.The far right are a menace to the whole of society. Their first targets, asylum seekers and Muslims, are broadening to all migrants, black people and on to trade unionists, all religious minorities and anti-racists.This is going to be big, but we are also talking about movement to the right of Reform UK...

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47 h. ago Labour plan to house asylum seekers in military barracks 'will cost more than controversial migrant hotels'

Sir Keir Starmer made another dramatic U-turn this week as his government pivoted towards using these facilities in a bid to close down controversial asylum seeker hotels.

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53 h. ago RNLI rehearses major migrant 'rescue' drill amid claims lifeboat charity has become a 'ferry service' for asylum seekers

The training to save future small boat migrants took place at Poole Bay, Dorset and saw 40 volunteers in wetsuits dive into the sea before being fished out by lifeboats.

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57 h. ago South Ayrshire Council challenged to condemn 'hateful' and 'blatantly racist' campaigns against asylum seekers

"Far-right groups have clearly been subverting public discourse, spreading misinformation, and exploiting economic hardship by scapegoating migrants and other marginalised communities"

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58 h. ago Falkirk charity helping asylum seekers will continue despite 'hostile' protests

Friends of Scottish Settlers say they heartbroken to see the former hotel being targeted by protests

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59 h. ago Daughter who 'tried to storm Canary Wharf migrant hotel with a meat cleaver after she found asylum seeker in her blind mother's flat' pleads guilty to affray

Channay Augustus, 22, was part of a group of around 20 people who are said to have tried to barge into the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, east London, on the evening of August 13.

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3 d. ago Turkish asylum seeker who threatened to kill woman and her family in 'murder

Samet Arik, 23, moved into the same block of flats as his victim, told her he was in love with her and had been spying on her for three years.

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4 d. ago Majority of illegal migrants are not rapists or sexual offenders, says minister

Several incidents of asylum seekers being charged by police with sexual offences have occurred in recent months.

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4 d. ago Why this moment of rightwing racism feels so different – and how we can resist it

Gary Younge discusses the ‘whitelash’ that fuelled another summer of riots in the UK and beyondDon’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt has been a second summer of riots in the UK targeting asylum seekers and immigration. And while there is something stomach-sinking about the mood and the rise in racist rhetoric, it is also worth remembering that we are in the middle of a global phenomenon, and that there is resistance. I spoke to the author and former Guardian columnist Gary Younge about why this moment feels different to those before it. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Signs near French beaches to warn against trying to reach UK

Exclusive: Refugee organisations dismiss Home Office-endorsed publicity campaign as a ‘gimmick’Asylum seekers in northern France who hope to reach the UK in small boats are to be targeted with Home Office-endorsed posters and leaflets telling them that they are risk of being returned under a new “one in, one out” deal.Signs in English and French will be mounted near French beaches around Calais and Dunkirk to tell people that they are risking their lives and are being deceived by smuggling gangs about the opportunities they will be given in the UK. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Channel migrants 'in for compensation over being detained in inhumane conditions': Anti

Nearly 200 asylum seekers have launched legal claims against the Home Office for unlawful detention and mistreatment at Manston migrant holding centre in Dover.

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4 d. ago Fury over threat to turn Dambusters HQ RAF Scampton into migrant detention centre as government reheats plans to house asylum seekers at military sites

The pivotal WWII base was part of a £50m Conservative plan to house 2,000 migrants - later reduced to 800 - which was scrapped by Labour in 2024 as it didn't provide 'value for money'.

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5 d. ago Crackdown on asylum seeker hotels could force thousands of refugees to Scotland

Thousands of migrants are expected to come to Scotland as they have a legal right to be housed here that does not exist in England.

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6 d. ago Drunk Somali migrant hotel asylum seeker who spat at police officer avoids punishment

Shafi Momad, 30, was living at the Roundhouse hotel in Bournemouth, Dorset when police were called to a disturbance which had seen the migrant in a 'very angry' state.

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