3 h. ago First asylum seekers expected to arrive in East Sussex barracks in new year

Government has vowed to end use of asylum hotels and plans to send first men to Crowborough site within weeksThe Home Office plans to send the first group of asylum seekers to a military site in East Sussex in the new year, the Guardian understands.Discussions in Whitehall are under way to use Crowborough army training camp within weeks as part of efforts to end the use of hotels for asylum accommodation. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Dad smuggled into UK in lorry slams Government's asylum seeker plans and blasts Farage

Sabir Zazai OBE, has made a life for himself in Scotland after going through the asylum seeker system in 1999 - has begged for refugees to be treated with dignity in communities.

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17 h. ago UK asylum seekers not widely abusing modern slavery rules, report finds

Exclusive: Thinktank’s findings undermine successive home secretaries’ statements about misuse of system in England and WalesAsylum seekers are not abusing the modern slavery system in a widespread manner, according to a report from a centre-right thinktank that undermines statements from successive home secretaries.The report from Bright Blue finds limited evidence that asylum seekers are falsely claiming to have been the victims of modern slavery to stay in the country, despite several home secretaries blaming the system for stopping them deporting more people. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago ‘I was left homeless after the Home Office claimed I wasn’t a child – here’s why AI age checks are dangerous for migrants like me’

The Home Office has advertised a £1.3 million contract for an algorithm that can ‘accurately predict someone’s age’. One former asylum seeker tells Holly Bancroft why he thinks this could go very wrong

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3 d. ago Failed Egyptian asylum seeker denies raping a woman in a wooded area of Bournemouth

Mohammed Fathi Eltbie, appeared before the Bournemouth Crown Court today, where he entered his plea. He was remanded in custody until his trial, set on May 26.

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3 d. ago Failed asylum seeker pleads not guilty to rape of woman in woods

The alleged offence is said to have happened in the Dorset seaside resort on November 5

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4 d. ago The chaotic life of an immigration lawyer in Trump’s America: ‘Some days you break down in tears’

The Guardian followed immigration attorney Milli Atkinson as she pivoted from case to case – and tried to keep herself sane. This is what her typical day looks likeIt’s been a chaotic year in San Francisco immigration court. At least 88 asylum seekers have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at their court hearings. More than half of the immigration judges have been fired. A climate of fear and uncertainty pervades.At the center of it all, immigration attorney Milli Atkinson has been holding things together. She leads the San Francisco Bar Association’s Attorney of the Day program, which provides people from all over Northern California with free legal advice when they show up to immigration court. She also leads San Francisco’s Rapid Response Network, finding legal representation for anyone in the city arrested by ICE. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Asylum seekers likely to cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds over their lifetimes, says official report

A official new report by the Migration Advisory Committee said people entering Britain through asylum and refugee routes make an 'unambiguously negative' contribution to public funds.

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5 d. ago Flats in Welsh resort town to be used to house asylum seekers

The local council has confirmed residential flats will be refurbished to house asylum seekers under a UK Government scheme

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5 d. ago Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia

British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in LondonAppeal court judges have backed a decision that dozens of asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on one of the world’s most remote islands, rejecting an appeal on Tuesday by the commissioner for the territory.Exactly a year ago, on 16 December 2024, a judge ruled that Tamils who arrived on the island of Diego Garcia, a UK and US military base, after a shipwreck while they were trying to reach Canada to seek asylum, were unlawfully detained there for three years in conditions described as “hell on Earth”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The shocking map of Britain that reveals the true scale of sex crimes by illegal migrants

The case of two teenage Afghan asylum seekers jailed for raping a 15-year-old British schoolgirl shocked the nation in recent days.

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6 d. ago Migrants convicted of rape and sexual assault ‘claiming PTSD as excuse to spend less time in prison’

MIGRANTS convicted of rape and sexual assault are claiming PTSD as an excuse to spend less time in prison, it is claimed. Multiple examples in recent months show asylum seekers having their terms reduced due to the mental disorder, with judges weighing psychiatric evidence against the seriousness of their crimes. The reductions - which are...

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9 d. ago Asylum hotel protest organiser 'banned' from Falkirk streets

One of the organisers of the regular anti-asylum seeker protests outside the Cladhan Hotel says he has been banned from certain streets in Falkirk.

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9 d. ago Alarming figures show the number of asylum seekers falsely claiming to be children has quadrupled in the past decade

Home Office statistics show the number of asylum seekers found to be lying about being under 18 was 224 in 2014 but has now spiralled to more than 1,000.

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9 d. ago US agents increasingly arresting Afghan asylum seekers, lawyers say: ‘A huge chilling effect’

Lawyers say people ‘don’t feel safe to leave their home’ as officials target recent arrivals and those awaiting hearingsImmigration agents appear to be increasingly arresting and detaining Afghan asylum seekers, especially men, who have arrived in the US recently and are awaiting court hearings to decide their cases.Amir – an asylum seeker who came to the US via Mexico in 2024 – was driving home from his English class in Bloomington, Indiana just after noon on Monday, when he was pulled over by an unmarked police vehicle. Minutes later, the asylum seeker from Afghanistan was cuffed and driven to a detention center. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Failed asylum seekers are absconding from migrant hotels in 'terrifying daily occurrence', whistleblower reveals

The number of asylum seekers living in hotels at the taxpayers' expense has jumped to more than 36,000, the highest level for almost two years.

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1 week ago Crowborough residents are taking the government to court over plans to house 600 adult male migrants in army camp

Crowborough Shield, a community-led campaign group, has lodged an application for a full judicial review of the decision to place more than 500 asylum seekers at the camp.

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1 week ago Revealed: Two young Afghan asylum seekers were free to roam the streets for a MONTH after they admitted raping a 15

Despite admitting the brutal rape of a 15-year-old girl, Afghan asylum seekers Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, were not remanded in custody until six months after the attack.

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1 week ago Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US

A new wave of immigration enforcement is dividing families inside the U.S. Federal officials and their local law enforcement partners are detaining tens of thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants

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1 week ago Councillors in Kent ‘pelted with eggs’ by people wearing balaclavas, MPs told

Swale Borough Council were debating making their area a ‘District of Sanctuary’ for asylum seekers in the meeting on Wednesday evening.

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