14 h. ago Three failed asylum seekers from Iran and Egypt all deny repeatedly raping a woman on Brighton beach

Sussex police officers received a report that a 33-year-old woman had been raped on the lower esplanade in Brighton at around 5am on the morning of October 4.

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17 h. ago Three asylum seekers deny raping woman on busy Brighton beach

The three men are set to go on trial next year, having been accused of raping a woman on Brighton beach

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18 h. ago Trio of asylum seekers deny raping woman on Brighton beach in early hours

Karin Al-Danasurt, Abdulla Ahmadi and Ibrahim Alshafe have all denied rape after an alleged sexual assault on Brighton beach in the early hours of October 4. A trial date has been set

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3 d. ago Britain could deport failed asylum seekers to North Macedonia under plan to open 'return hubs' in the Balkans

The Balkan country entered formal talks with the UK about hosting a migrant 'return hub' in the autumn, according to new reports.

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5 d. ago Failed asylum seekers were treated to spa days, football tournaments and bingo nights while waiting for deportation, report finds

An inspection of Dungavel House in Lanarkshire found detainees enjoying a packed nine-hour daily leisure schedule, complete with a cinema room, barber salon and even a social hub.

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2 w. ago Former Met officer David Carrick sentenced for rape and molesting child

Convicted serial offender given further life sentence for crimes against 12-year-old girl in 1980s and former partnerFormer police officer and convicted sex offender David Carrick has been sentenced at the Old Bailey to life with a minimum of 30 years for molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner. Carrick, 50, who served as an armed officer in the Metropolitan police, sexually assaulted the child in the late 1980s, his trial heard. More than 20 years later, he repeatedly raped a woman and subjected her to “degrading and humiliating” abuse during the course of a toxic relationship.Mrs Justice McGowan sentenced Carrick for the fresh convictions on Thursday after he was found guilty of two charges of rape, one of sexual assault and coercive and controlling behaviour towards the woman between 2014 and 2019, and five counts of indecent assault relating to the girl in the late 1980s. Carrick’s offences came to light after he pleaded guilty in 2022 and 2023 to 71 sexual offe...

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2 w. ago Immigration judge rulings on whether foreign criminals and rejected asylum seekers should be allowed to remain in UK are set to be made public

The move by Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr follows a series of controversial cases where criminals and failed asylum seekers have blocked or delayed their deportation.

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2 w. ago Labour peer accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘using children as a weapon’ in asylum reforms

Lord Alf Dubs, who fled from the Nazis as a child refuge, described the government’s proposals as ‘shabby’ after the Home Office said it could deport children of failed asylum seekers

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2 w. ago Calls for public inquiry into 'catastrophic failure in border security' which allowed a failed asylum seeker to murder an innocent restaurant owner

Somalian national Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, 47, plunged a knife into the chest of Gurvinder Singh Johal, 37, four months after his asylum application was rejected.

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Fury from all sides as Labour unveils 'tough' migrant crackdown that would hand failed asylum seekers thousands to leave

Proposals set out by Shabana Mahmood this afternoon stress that the government wants to limit the scope for failed applicants to appeal.

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3 w. ago Labour could hand failed asylum seekers and their families thousands of pounds to leave the UK as Shabana Mahmood unveils 'tough' new plans

Proposals set out by Shabana Mahmood this afternoon stress that the government wants to limit the scope for failed applicants to appeal.

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3 w. ago Visa ban for countries that don't take back failed asylum seekers will be announced TODAY

Shabana Mahmood is to unveil a 'sliding scale' of penalties for states not accepting failed asylum seekers or foreign criminals.

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago BREAKING: Three charged with Brighton beach rape to face trial

Three men accused of raping a woman on Brighton beach last month are due to stand trial in March

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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 w. 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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