12 h. ago The parties inside Britain's biggest asylum seeker centre: Migrants dance with the help of disco equipment in new video

In the shocking footage a group of men can be seen dancing and singing around in a recreation area at former RAF Wethersfield in Essex.

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49 h. ago Shabana Mahmood warns of asylum 'uncomfortable truth' as plan sparks backlash

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the UK has not been tough enough at removing failed asylum seekers as she unveiled the biggest shake-up in a generation - but faced criticism over the plans

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53 h. ago Shabana Mahmood plans to remove more families from UK in asylum shake

Home secretary will also consult on ending financial support for those with children if refused asylum, document showsUK politics live – latest updatesThe government has failed to show the “necessary toughness” to enforce the removal of families whose asylum claims have been refused, Shabana Mahmood has claimed.In a policy document published on Monday as the government sets out plans for the biggest shake-up of asylum laws in 40 years, the home secretary also set out plans to consult on measures to allow the removal of financial support for families with children under the age of 18 if they have been refused asylum. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Labour's migrant crackdown descends into farce as Left's mutiny on jewellery seizures forces ministers to deny they want to take 'family heirlooms'

An asylum overhaul described by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood as the biggest for a generation is at risk of unravelling even before she has formally unveiled it.

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3 d. ago Home Secretary says illegal migration 'tearing UK apart' as hardline plan unveiled

Shabana Mahmood will set out plans on Monday billed as the biggest shake-up to the asylum system since the Second World War, with measures inspired by Denmark's hardline model

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1 week ago 'I'm not willing to work with Keir Starmer... and he might not even be an MP by the next general election', says Green leader Zack Polanski

The Greens' recent rise in the polls under Zack Polanski has sparked speculation about Britain's Left-wing parties cooperating to stop Nigel Farage entering Downing Street .

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2 w. ago Britain records Europe's biggest rise in asylum claims as applications hit record high with more than 108,000 last year

More than 108,000 people applied for asylum in the UK in 2024, a 28 per cent increase on the 84,000 recorded the year before.

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2 w. ago Asylum seeker groped girl, 17, on Central line near Oxford Circus

Asylum seeker groped girl, 17, on Central line near Oxford Circus  Guardian Series

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2 w. ago Stunning poll shows Labour and Tories behind the GREENS for the first time as Reform UK smashes traditional political allegiances

The Find Out Now survey showed Britain's two historically main parties were tied on 16 per cent support, while the Greens were backed by 17 per cent of voters.

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3 w. ago Scottish Labour MP confident 'minging' asylum hotels will close as she blasts 'disastrous' Tory policy

Joani Reid, a member of the Home Affairs committee at Westminster, said asylum hotels were the Conservative Party's "biggest policy failure" of their fourteen years in government.

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last month 'Asylum seeker raped girl, 10, at migrant centre' as police launch investigation

The police were alerted to the scene on Monday morning and found the young child, who is understood to be in the care of Tusla, Ireland's Child and Family Agency

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