4 h. ago UK court temporarily blocks removal of asylum seeker under UK

UK court temporarily blocks removal of asylum seeker under UK-France returns deal  Reuters

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7 h. ago Two men charged with hate crime after asylum seeker protest at Aberdeen student flats

Two men, aged 26 and 40, have now been arrested and charged in connection with a hate crime.

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8 h. ago Asylum seeker who raped woman in Hyde Park after entering the UK illegally is jailed

Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, 42, lured the woman to a secluded spot while she was walking home from a night out before raping her

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13 h. ago Second UK deportation flight leaves London without an asylum seeker on board in new blow to PM

A small group of migrants were removed from an Air France flight due to travel from Heathrow to Paris on Monday after a legal challenge

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32 h. ago ‘We can’t eat. We can’t sleep. It’s a disaster’: the small boat detainees waiting to be sent back to France

This week the first migrants could be flown out of Britain under the ‘one in, one out’ deportation scheme. They talk about their fears and incomprehension“We can’t eat. We can’t sleep. We have been locked up in this place for more than a month. Some people expect to be forced on to a plane to France today. Nobody wants to go. For us, this is a disaster.”The man speaking, Fessahaye, is an asylum seeker from Eritrea who fled indefinite military conscription in his home country, and walked through the Sahara before being tortured and enslaved in Libya. He eventually crossed the Mediterranean and reached Europe. From France he travelled to the UK in a small boat. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Asylum seeker dispersal must be rolled out properly across Scotland

Daily Record Political Editor says the Home Offce must do more to ensure asylum seeker dispersal becomes a national reality.

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56 h. ago Thought it was STOP the boats! Protesters sit in inflatable vessel near migrant hotel holding banner to 'deport all foreign criminals' as over a hundred demonstrate outside

The Tickled Trout Hotel, near Samlesbury, in Lancashire, is currently housing people who supported British troops during operations in Afghanistan .

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62 h. ago Britain's asylum seeker 'golden triangle': The three northern towns which house the most illegal migrants in private accommodation

Once the capital of the cotton weaving world during the Industrial Revolution, the former mill town - along with its neighbours - has become a golden triangle for asylum seekers.

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3 d. ago Convicted thug who attacked exes slammed for "masquerading as women's saviour" at asylum protests

Violent brute John Watt was outed by Perth Against Racism online after he was spotted at protests in the town outside the Station Hotel on August 23.

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3 d. ago Labour plan to house asylum seekers in military barracks 'will cost more than controversial migrant hotels'

Sir Keir Starmer made another dramatic U-turn this week as his government pivoted towards using these facilities in a bid to close down controversial asylum seeker hotels.

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4 d. ago Falkirk charity helping asylum seekers will continue despite 'hostile' protests

Friends of Scottish Settlers say they heartbroken to see the former hotel being targeted by protests

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4 d. ago Daughter who 'tried to storm Canary Wharf migrant hotel with a meat cleaver after she found asylum seeker in her blind mother's flat' pleads guilty to affray

Channay Augustus, 22, was part of a group of around 20 people who are said to have tried to barge into the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, east London, on the evening of August 13.

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4 d. ago Migrant hotel protest: Woman in court over Canary Wharf dissent

Migrant hotel protest: Woman in court over Canary Wharf dissent  BBC

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5 d. ago Turkish asylum seeker who threatened to kill woman and her family in 'murder

Samet Arik, 23, moved into the same block of flats as his victim, told her he was in love with her and had been spying on her for three years.

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6 d. ago Attack on asylum hotel ‘absolutely despicable’, says Swinney

The Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk has been the subject of a number of protests in recent weeks.

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6 d. ago Brick hurled through Falkirk asylum hotel window after weeks of protests

Police Scotland said officers are investigating the broken window.

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6 d. ago Falkirk asylum hotel: Brick thrown through window following protests outside Scots asylum hotel

Officers say enquiries are ongoing into the incident.

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6 d. ago Former Falkirk MP 'appalled' at asylum hotel protests and pleads for locals to remember town motto

EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Canavan spoke out after several demonstrations were held at the Falkirk town centre venue.

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7 d. ago Three men charged and named after arrests at Manchester hotel protest

They are due to appear in court

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7 d. ago Crackdown on asylum seeker hotels could force thousands of refugees to Scotland

Thousands of migrants are expected to come to Scotland as they have a legal right to be housed here that does not exist in England.

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