21 h. ago Man dubbed 'king' of asylum seeker hotels becomes billionaire

Graham King is named as a new billionaire on the Sunday Times' latest Rich List

Society

25 h. ago UK's asylum seeker hotspots: Interactive map reveals towns where rate being housed has exploded 600

Home Office data shows that 110,000 asylum seekers - the equivalent of a town the size of Cheltenham, Worthing or Oldham - were being housed across the UK by the end of 2024.

Events

27 h. ago Revealed: Iranian arrested over London terror plot was asylum seeker living in taxpayer funded home

An Iranian man arrested by counter terrorism raids was living in asylum seeker accommodation with his rent paid for by tax-payers

Events

68 h. ago Iraqi asylum seeker wins right to stay in UK after claiming he couldn't go back to home country because his tattoos 'deviated from principles of Islam'

The Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber heard that the Kurdish Man, granted anonymity, fled Iraq after his father and uncle even tried to burn the tattoos off his skin.

Politics

4 d. ago Estimated cost of asylum seeker accommodation treble what expected, says watchdog

The original estimate for asylum seeker housing was £4.5billion for 2019-2029, but that is expected to rise to £15.3billion, according to the National Audit Office

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1 week ago London robbery hotspots revealed as Jenson Button’s wife has £250k stolen at St Pancras station

A new interactive map reveals London’s robbery hotspots as Jenson Button’s wife spoke about how “unsecure” the capital feels after her suitcase with £250,000 worth of jewellery and designer handbags was stolen outside St Pancras station.

Economics

1 week ago Asylum seeker who came to Britain on small boat is jailed for raping woman after she left nightclub

Eritrean Dan Tesfalul, 27, targeted the woman who was so drunk she couldn't remember the attack in Norwich. He bought her drinks, then followed her outside the club.

Events

1 week ago Ghanaian asylum seeker wins right to remain in UK because he is too traumatised by getting Covid to return to his home country

Winfred Kwabla Dogbey was diagnosed with PTSD after he was hospitalised with the virus in 2020, where he suffered an extreme version of the illness with multiple organ failure.

Events

1 week ago Iranian asylum seeker who argued he can't be deported because he's a 'sex toy smuggler' wins fight to stay in Britain

The asylum seeker who applied for refugee status in the UK claimed that Iranian authorities looked on him 'adversely' for ferrying boxes of vibrators and other adult devices across the border.

Events

2 w. ago London crime hotspots revealed as capital faces ‘tidal wave’ of offending with 1,700 Met police officers and staff axed

Around 957,481 crimes were recorded across the capital in the year to December 2024

Events

2 w. ago Terrifying interactive map shows England and Wales' stalking hotspots

Younger people, particularly younger women and girls, are more likely to victims of stalking in the UK - with one area topping the list for the most number of offences

Events

2 w. ago Asylum seeker could be allowed to stay in UK after judge's ruling against 'purely fictitious' claim he was trafficked from Albania is overturned

An asylum seeker could be allowed to stay in the UK after a judge's ruling against the 'purely fictitious' claim he was trafficked from Albania was overturned.

Events

4 w. ago Britain's asylum seeker 'sanctuaries': The towns and cities bucking the trend by welcoming migrants and refugees to their communities with open arms

EXCLUSIVE: The City of Sanctuary movement aims to make asylum seekers and refugees feel more welcome by persuading local voluntary groups to sign up as members.

Events

4 w. ago ‘Savage’ UK cuts will deprive 55m people of aid around the world

Exclusive: The cuts will result in a reduction of key programmes for education, family planning, water and food aid. Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin report

Politics