33 h. ago Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life

Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.

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37 h. ago Convicted terrorist sent back to jail for consorting with Syrian asylum seekers

The man, identified only as TPD for legal reasons, admitted four breaches of a Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (Tpim) notice.

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42 h. ago Keir Starmer: 'No golden ticket' to UK as automatic settlement and family reunion rights for asylum seekers to end

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would help ‘address the pull factors driving dangerous and illegal small boats’ crossing the Channel from France

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43 h. ago Keir Starmer: 'No golden ticket' to settling in UK as automatic settlement and family reunion rights for asylum seekers to end

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would help ‘address the pull factors driving dangerous and illegal small boats’ crossing the Channel from France

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46 h. ago Asylum seekers deported to France live in fear of smugglers’ reprisals

Six asylum seekers placed in homeless shelter say they are ‘frightened’ they will be forcibly returned to home countriesThe first group of asylum seekers deported to France under Labour’s “one in, one out deal” have spoken of their fear of being pursued by smugglers and being forcibly returned to their home countries.The men spoke just hours before a larger group of asylum seekers were due to be forcibly removed to France on a private charter flight to Paris early on Thursday morning, with a second drop off in Albania planned. It is thought that at least seven people will be removed in a significant ramping up of ‘one in, one out’ removals. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Automatic settlement and family reunion rights for asylum seekers to end in landmark immigration reforms

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would help ‘address the pull factors driving dangerous and illegal small boats’ crossing the Channel from France

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58 h. ago Syrian asylum seeker who stabbed two people while on the run from police is jailed for nine years

Abdul-Rahman Al-Ahmed, 21, chased his first victim through a town centre in broad daylight before stabbing him several times.

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63 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Starmer blames Brexit for 'Farage boats' crossing the Channel. Is he right?

Sir Keir Starmer stepped up his war on Reform UK today by blaming Brexit for the English Channel migrant crisis and dubbing the small boats 'Farage boats'.

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65 h. ago Starmer pledges rethink on international law to stop ‘Farage boats’

The Prime Minister blamed Brexit for making it harder to remove migrants who crossed the Channel in small boats.

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65 h. ago PM brands Channel crossings ‘Farage boats’ because Brexit has hampered returns – UK politics live

PM also says he does not believe Nigel Farage or Reform voters are racistHelena Horton is a Guardian environment reporter.Ed Miliband is due to take to the stage to deliver his speech today, and he is set to announce a “total ban” on fracking.I am about to announce something you have been calling for and campaigning on, which is to ban fracking for good. You called for it, I’m going to do it, thank you for your campaigning.What an amazing result for our environment, our local communities, and the thousands of committed people and groups right across the country who’ve spent years fighting for fracking to be banned for good – including the many who signed 38 Degrees supporter Geoff’s recent petition. Not long ago, it felt like fracking might make a comeback, with Reform UK pushing to put it back on the agenda. But thousands of us stood up, demanded a permanent ban, and made our voices impossible to ignore. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Starmer to curb asylum seekers using human rights to avoid deportation

Prime minister announces review of ECHR in a major U-turn

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67 h. ago Keir Starmer brands small boats 'Farage boats' in latest scathing attack on Reform

Keir Starmer has lashed out at Nigel Farage, branding small boats crossing the Channel as 'Brexit boats' and saying the Reform leader was wrong to say leaving the EU would not affect migration

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3 d. ago Ireland will offer migrant families up to 10,000 euros in return for dropping their asylum claims

The country is experiencing a chronic housing shortage and the payment is aimed at easing the pressure on the asylum seeker system.

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3 d. ago George Clooney, Typhoon Bualoi and a Channel crossing: photos of the day – Tuesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Man who died onboard Bibby Stockholm ‘had not raised concerns’ about barge

Leonard Farruku died on the barge providing accommodation for asylum seekers in December 2023.

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3 d. ago Asylum seeker who claimed he didn't know he was doing anything wrong when 'messaging a teenage girl' is spared jail

Fahad Al Enaze, 31, from Kuwait, was apprehended by members of the Widnes Parents Against Predators group in September 2024. Al Enaze reportedly lives in a Liverpool migrant hotel.

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4 d. ago Asylum seeker paedophile who claimed he didn't know he was doing anything wrong when 'messaging a teenage girl' is spared jail

Fahad Al Enaze, 31, from Kuwait, was apprehended by members of the Widnes Parents Against Predators group in September 2024. Al Enaze reportedly lives in a Liverpool migrant hotel

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4 d. ago Call to stop housing asylum seekers in Cardiff hotels branded 'disgraceful'

The Conservatives' motion calling for a stop to the use of hotels in Cardiff to house asylum seekers sparked a heated debate in the council chamber at County Hall

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4 d. ago Migrants attempt longer Channel crossing after recent deaths

After a quiet morning in northern France, a large black dinghy carrying migrants was pictured having set off from a beach in north-west France.

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4 d. ago Migrants will have to meet 'good citizen' standard to stay in the UK, says Shabana Mahmood

Asylum seekers will need to be working, paying national insurance and not be claiming benefits, under proposed changes

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