Home Secretary Priti Patel says she is ‘bitterly disappointed’ by High Court ruling grounding charter flight deporting asylum seekers to Spain Lawyers representing three men mounted challenge to halt the flight to Madrid Asylum seekers’ lawyers raised concerns passengers could be destitute in Spain The men, a Syrian and two from Yemen, had travelled to … Read more
Judge grounds flight due to deport asylum seekers from UK to Madrid after lawyers raise concerns they could end up destitute in Spain Lawyers are representing three men who arrived in Britain on small boats They said the men should not be flown out until more is known about facilities Lawyers representing Home Secretary Priti … Read more
Priti Patel wants to change the law to stop migrants who cross the Channel in boats from claiming asylum in Britain Home Office officials have been asked to draw up a clampdown on asylum rights People could be banned from claiming asylum if they arrive from a safe country Priti Patel is under pressure following … Read more
Deportations farce: Eight in 10 claims for asylum are rejected… but just 185 migrants have been returned since 2018 Only 20 per cent of 2,500 arrivals who’ve been assessed have been successful Roughly 2,000 should be deported but only 185 have been since October 2018 Record 416 migrants reached UK from France after 11 were … Read more
Gary Lineker has invited a refugee to move into his mansion in Barnes, on the lush, south-western fringes of London. Do you know Barnes? It’s doubly desirable, being both leafy and on the river: a slice of prime urbanalia with posh cheese shops and residents such as Gyles Brandreth and Sir Tim Rice — but … Read more
Home Office books 4,000 hotel rooms for asylum seekers amid pressure from cross-Channel migration and coronavirus The Home Office has booked 4,000 hotel rooms to house asylum seekers Hotels in Hull, Birmingham, Nottingham, Southport and Glasgow have been used It comes amid pressure from a surge of migration and the coronavirus pandemic By Henry Martin … Read more
North Korean asylum seeker claims she is victim of campaign of abuse by her neighbour over their BINS after she is ‘told you’re not from this country’ in latest row Footage shows neighbour appearing to push woman and throwing a bin at her The resident is told: ‘You’re an asylum seeker. You’re not from this … Read more
Border Force threatens to fine stunned couple after they found asylum seeker hidden in their camper van bike rack when they arrived home after holiday to France John and Debbie Marriott discovered Sudanese man on their return to Worthing The pair have now been sent a letter from Border Force threatening with a fine Home … Read more
Casually tapping on their smartphones and smoking in the sunshine, the young men gathered outside the once grand, but now slightly downmarket, hotel appeared carefree and relaxed. Their untroubled, if somewhat bored, demeanour is perhaps no surprise. Having successfully reached the UK as asylum seekers, they are now guests of the British taxpayer with free … Read more
A group of Hong Kongers fleeing the city were forced to claim asylum in the UK rather than being offered six-months permission to stay under current British National Overseas (BNO) guidelines. Two BNO passport holders, who asked MailOnline to remain anonymous, said they were told by border agents they would be returned to Hong Kong … Read more