Keyword "Migrants news" - List of latest news (100 results)

22/04 Little-known rule that’s left Brits with £25m in fines for doing the right thing

The scheme has been made to control the number of migrants coming into the UK.

20/01 Good news for Mexican migrants deported by Trump! Government will give payments with the 'Mexico embraces you' Bonus

This program will offer financial aid, such as the 'Paisano Wellbeing Card' with an initial deposit of 2,000 pesos, and access to different social programs to facilitate integration.

05/11 Keir Starmer 'warned' migrant crisis has reached Scotland - 'arriving every day'

Scotland is not immune to the global migrant crisis despite it being a whopping 466 miles from the English Channel.

31/10 Channel crossing crisis as 564 migrants arrive in UK as man dies on journey

The latest arrivals mean the total for 2024 to date is up 14% on the figure recorded this time last year.

09/09 Crime agency tasked with tackling small boats crisis ‘on its knees’

National Crime Agency losing more officers than it recruits as it suffers a brain drain

18/08 Migrant who pushed man onto Tube tracks was in process of appealing deportation for sex crimes

Brwa Shorsh shoved a stranger into the path of an oncoming Tube train at Oxford Circus station in ‘revenge’ for a ‘dirty look’

12/08 UK riots: Asylum seeker who falsely claimed he was chased during riots jailed

12/08 Highest number of migrants cross Channel in single day since Starmer became Prime Minister

Eleven boats carrying 703 people arrive in England from France

09/08 Riots latest news: Counter-protesters should stay home to reduce strain on police, says minister

08/08 UK riots live updates: Tough sentences already working to calm riots, says policing minister

07/08 Uk riots live updates: Police brace for at least 30 riots today

16/07 Record number of migrants cross in single day since Starmer became PM

Labour leader has warned that small-boats crisis could get worse before it gets better as figures show 14,759 people have arrived this year

18/06 The diaspora got involved in the case of an attack by “new citizens” on a girl in Saratov: I didn’t hit her - I just fell

Two natives of Azerbaijan attacked a 15-year-old girl in Saratov. The diaspora tried to justify her beating: according to them, the schoolgirl simply fell, and the attacker himself did not beat her.

06/06 Six-month-old baby rescued from Channel after dinghy carrying 84 migrants flips

Dover and Walmer lifeboats are assisting the Border Force in the operation

28/05 The draft dodgers began to act more harshly: an Odessa resident staged a knife fight with the military

Ukrainian draft dodgers not only fled the country, but also began to attack the military who were trying to take them to the front by force. For example, a resident of Odessa attacked as many as three military men with a knife who wanted to mobilize him.

25/05 “War, unfortunately, is possible”: Western politicians are ready to enter into conflict with Russia - expert

Political scientist Dmitry Zhuravlev is confident: the West is ready for open confrontation with Russia. In addition, the opinions of ordinary Europeans will not be taken into account: if they do not want war, then the same cannot be said about officials. “War, unfortunately, is possible,” the expert emphasized.

25/05 “It took 24 hours for the bodies to be removed”: Enemy reinforcements were destroyed near Kharkov

The offensive continues in the Kharkov direction, but it is only successful for our fighters. The enemy is having a hard time: the command sent reinforcements there, which were hit by ten S-300s from our side. “The bodies were removed for days,” local residents write.

23/05 30 thousand British soldiers could be sent to Ukraine: “Secret bases” are already being prepared, but there is a nuance

The military editor of the publication, Jerome Starkley, reported that 30 thousand British soldiers could be sent to Ukraine. Their preparation is underway in England, and the Kiev command is already preparing “secret bases” for them at the front. True, it did not take into account one nuance: these bases are successfully blown up by our soldiers.

21/05 “A clown without a crown”: A political scientist succinctly described Zelensky’s new status

Political scientist Oleg Makarenko noted that Vladimir Zelensky has been illegally occupying the post of President of Ukraine since May 21, and therefore all his actions that he will take in the state will characterize him as “a clown without a crown.”

18/05 Holes in the defense, weak soldiers, few handouts from the West: Five means that made the attack on Kharkov successful

Our fighters are successfully advancing behind enemy lines in the Kharkov direction. The command strategy can be called the winning tactics: as many as five effective ways helped to move forward.

17/05 Housing migrants on Bibby Stockholm costs more than renting house in Sandbanks

Barge in Portland Harbour costs taxpayers £6,000 per person each month

16/05 “Zelensky is afraid to leave the country”: An expert explained the reason for the cancellation of the Ukrainian leader’s visit to Spain

Vladimir Zelensky recently canceled his visit to Spain. Expert Vladimir Olenchenko is sure that the reason is the crisis in Ukraine: “Zelensky is afraid to leave the country.”

08/05 The myth of Abrams “invulnerability” has been dispelled by Russian drones: The number of destroyed tanks is growing

Russian soldiers destroyed the ninth Abrams tank in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The number of liquidated tanks is growing, which completely changes the reputation of the Abrams, which were considered “invulnerable” in the West.

04/05 "Why is he making excuses? Because it's scary": Cameron's behavior was explained in three words

Political scientist Yuri Kot spoke about what is behind British Foreign Minister David Cameron’s statement that Ukraine “has the right” to strike Russia with British weapons. In fact, the expert believes, there was a different meaning behind these words: “In fact, Cameron’s words are translated as follows: Britain has the right to strike Russia with its weapons using Ukraine. In fact, this is the

03/05 Charity launches legal action against Rwanda plan

Asylum Aid was party to the challenge that blocked the first flight to the east African country two years ago

02/05 Highest number of migrants this year cross the Channel in single day

The 711 new arrivals on Wednesday bring the total to 8,278, 34 per cent higher than the 6,192 at the same point last year

02/05 Protesters attempt to stop removal of migrants from London hotel

01/05 Neighbours speak of shock after first migrants set for Rwanda are detained

A Home Office raid took place on Holmfield Road, in Coventry, in the early hours on Monday morning (29/4) at around 5.30am.

01/05 Record number of migrants cross Channel as arrivals surge by 30pc

Total of 7,567 make crossing in first four months of the year after 268 reach UK on small boats on Tuesday

01/05 First migrants set for Rwanda flights detained in house raids

People taken to immigration removal centres ahead of deportations

01/05 Father ‘will never forgive himself’ after seeing daughter, 7, die on migrant boat

Ahmed Alhashimi describes child’s final moments on overcrowded dinghy during family’s fourth attempted Channel crossing in two months

24/04 French charity boss' outrageous claim 'people smugglers save hundreds of lives'

The president of a group helping homeless migrants in France says if it weren't for people smugglers, there would be hundreds of deaths every day.

24/04 Three arrested after migrant deaths in channel

Two Sudanese men and one from South Sudan are held on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration

23/04 Rwanda needs migrants because of the genocide, says Home Secretary

James Cleverly claims those deported to the African country will be ‘financially much better off’

22/04 House of Lords ‘bordering on racist’ over Rwanda Bill, says deputy foreign secretary

Andrew Mitchell criticises peers’ approach to legislation as parliamentary ping pong resumes

20/04 “Run from there!”: The arrest of a suspect in the Crocus terrorist attack case caused Tajiks to panic

Another citizen of Tajikistan was detained in Russia on suspicion of participation in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. The arrest of the suspect caused many Tajiks to panic and talk about it on social networks. So, one of them, speaking about the detentions, turned to the Tajiks: “Run from there!”

16/04 Unlikely country 6,230 miles from UK where most Channel migrants are from

The migrants from this country are often trafficked by gangs into nail bars, restaurants and the sex industry.

14/04 Rwanda scheme ‘could cost UK nearly £5bn in first five years’ for 30,000 migrants

Leaked Home Office documents reveal agreement is designed to ‘incentivise’ the country to take ‘higher volumes’ of asylum seekers

26/03 ‘Shocking’ security lapses at London City Airport revealed

Many high-risk flights ‘were not met’ and ‘cleared without proper checks’, says former immigration inspector turned whistleblower

23/03 Rwanda election threatens to delay deportation flights until July votes cast

President Paul Kagame, who backs Sunak’s Bill, is seeking re-election but opposition leader Frank Habineza opposes the migrant plan

12/03 Church of England accused of turning blind eye to fake migrant conversions

Giving evidence to the home affairs committee whistleblower Rev Matthew Firth also says he was the victim of intimidation by ‘naive’ Church

10/03 Town in England dubbed a 'Mini Scotland' despite being 378 miles away

The charming town is 200 miles south of the Scottish border but is home to many families who can trace their heritage to Scotland.

09/03 Integration in Britain is failing, says equalities chief

Baroness Falkner says immigrants should take a course on what it means to live in a democracy

01/03 Fury over video of French Border Force 'picking up migrants' in English Channel

Authorities in France have cast doubt on claims a French vessel was "escorting" migrants to the British-administered side of the English Channel for processing in the UK.

28/02 Three migrants die trying to cross Channel

At least one more person is missing and an estimated 500 rescued from their dinghies after leaving France in thick fog

19/02 Dinghy pilot Ibrahima Bah guilty over Channel migrant deaths

The home-built, low-quality inflatable should not have held more than 20 people

17/02 Man charged with assisting illegal entry after migrants found in lorry

Six people taken to hospital after discovery at Newhaven ferry port caused emergency services response

14/02 Block asylum seekers from working to make UK less attractive, says Robert Jenrick

Former immigration minister says we must learn from US-Mexico border, which 2.5m people crossed illegally last year

12/02 Migrants hide in coach full of children returning from French school trip

The men, thought to be in their early 20s, were found among the luggage when the hold was opened after the journey back to the UK

11/02 More than 100 migrants cross Channel in three small boats

124 people were intercepted by Border Force bringing the total number of arrivals in 2024 to 1,506

11/02 We may have been scammed by asylum seekers, admits Church of England

Christian conversion claims to avoid deportation are difficult to judge, says Bishop of Chelmsford

09/02 Don’t come to England – there’s nothing here, warns Channel migrant

Alaa Eldin, who fled Syrian civil war, says he has been left homeless and unable to work by UK’s ‘broken’ asylum system

05/02 Farage's Church of England swipe as acid attack suspect allowed to stay in UK

Nigel Farage says the Clapham acid attack is about asylum and the Church of England after remarks made by Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.

01/02 33,000 illegal migrants waiting to be sent to Rwanda roaming free on UK streets

The migrants are currently being grounded, sparking fears they could abscond.

30/01 Migrant crisis set to continue for years as Home Office tries to retain RAF bases for accommodation

Site in Essex would house up to 1,700 illegal migrants until 2027, amid local opposition

29/01 Crackdown fails to stop Channel migrants as small boats cross at same rate as last January

Government says it is committed to stopping perilous journeys but 1,169 asylum seekers arrived on British shores this month

16/01 Man jailed for smuggling woman into the UK behind his glove box

Border Force found the Vietnamese migrant wedged in a custom-made box in the modified dashboard of the Vauxhall Vectra car

10/01 ‘More asylum seekers may harm themselves on Bibby Stockholm’

Room-mate of suspected suicide victim says conditions must be improved on the barge

12/12 Asylum seeker on board Bibby Stockholm barge dies

Care4Calais charity and a lawyer for another migrant onboard have confirmed the death

08/12 Disaster for Macron as French police 'completely overwhelmed' by migrants

As migrants surround lorries at the port of Calais to head to UK, police say they are ‘struggling to make any meaningful impact'.

15/11 Nigerian granted asylum for being gay before having three children masterminded £220k fraud

Court hears how Saheed Azeez, who now identifies as bisexual, helped to create parcel scam stealing from online sellers

23/10 Luxury mansions handed over to migrants will be closed first under Government crackdown

The move is expected to reduce the current £8 million a day bill for some 400 hotels to save more than £500 million a year

15/10 Member of public killed outside migrant accommodation centre

Man, 44, arrested as counter terror officers launch investigation

11/10 Councillor loses battle with Government to block Bibby Stockholm migrants

High Court ruled Mayor of Portland had no case after she argued Home Secretary had 'not complied with duties under the 2010 Equality Act’

08/09 Home Office told to stop work on RAF Scampton for migrant camp

Temporary stop notice issued over fears the base's listed buildings could be destroyed

05/09 The real reason Macron is too scared to stop illegal migrant boats heading to UK

Earlier this month, the UK recorded the highest number so far of small boat crossings in a single day.

03/09 New daily record for migrant Channel crossings in 2023

Border Force officers on alert for surge in small boats after 872 migrants made the journey on Saturday

01/09 Channel migrant who took selfies as he piloted small boat is jailed

Reda Hamoud Abdurabou sentenced to three years after being found guilty of assisting unlawful immigration to UK

31/08 Migrant camp explosion blamed on fire extinguisher

Sixteen emergency vehicles were deployed to former RAF Wethersfield but no one was hurt or evacuated

28/08 Watch: Albanian migrants cut off ‘British Rolex’ ankle tags

Criminals boast of how to remove the tags on TikTok as Suella Braverman hints at potential expansion of the electronic devices’ use

24/08 Asylum backlog costs taxpayers £3.6bn a year as it hits record high

Home Office data show more than 175,000 migrants waiting for a decision despite Government’s efforts to reduce applications

16/08 Pregnant migrant arrives in Channel boat as Border Forces declare red alert

Hundreds of migrants will likely attempt the journey as weather conditions improve

11/08 Migrants removed from Bibby Stockholm barge after bacteria found

Legionella bacteria can cause a serious type of lung infection known as Legionnaires’ disease

09/08 Home Office ‘knew Afghan murderer was terror threat’ year before he killed aspiring Marine

Inquest heard Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai was referred to Prevent over concerns he was ‘susceptible to terrorism’

09/08 Migrants who resisted barge change their mind, says minister

Asylum seekers give competing accounts of life on the Bibby Stockholm, with one praising the food while others compare it to Alcatraz

07/08 First migrants arrive on Bibby Stockholm barge

The first coach-load of men aged 18 to 65 has arrived on the barge in Dorset flanked by police

21/07 Migrants housed on barge will get free festival and cricket excursions

Residents have access to a gym, 24-hour food service and are free to leave for up to seven consecutive days and nights at a time

07/07 Britain’s first asylum camp to open with gyms and free phones for Channel migrants

Essex residents fear an influx will be a ‘disaster’ because of lack of local infrastructure

23/06 Home Office plans to house migrants on Scottish cruise ship blocked

Edinburgh council and Leith port owner reject proposal to repurpose MS Victoria

10/06 Plan to hold migrants on cruise ship scrapped after local opposition

Home Office had been in negotiations with Peel Ports and Wirral Council to berth the vessel at Birkenhead

02/06 Migrants threatened with loss of rights if they refuse to share hotel rooms

Ultimatum after 40 asylum seekers stage Pimlico pavement protest against being told to share four to a room

09/05 Barge set to house 500 asylum seekers arrives in Cornwall

The Bibby Stockholm will be refitted and refurbished in Falmouth before being sent to Dorset ready to take migrants on board by July

22/04 Tory immigration rebels received services from pro-migration lawyers

Three Conservative MPs who criticised asylum policy gained more than £160,000 in services from Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy project

12/04 People who hate the smell of sweaty feet could be more xenophobic

Karolinska Institute finds people with a sensitive nose for disgusting smells are more likely to have negative attitudes towards migrants

10/04 More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel in a week

Labour said the latest figures exposed the Government’s failure to prevent the crossings, despite proposed new laws

06/04 Sir Keir Starmer: Migrant camp will ‘ruin legacy of the Dambusters’

Labour leader says it is “completely wrong” to turn RAF Scampton into accommodation for up to 1,700 asylum seekers

21/03 Watch: RAF Scampton meeting turns heated amid division over migrant camp

Police reinforcements were called as angry locals clashed over the controversial migrant plan

20/03 Migrants being housed in almost 400 hotels across UK

The government is paying millions of pounds a day to put up asylum seekers in hotels

09/03 Migrants being housed in hotels in nearly all English counties, analysis shows

The Telegraph found 42 out of 48 accommodating 51,000 asylum seekers, a 20-fold increase in three years, costing the Home Office £6m a day

24/02 Home Office considers giving councils more money to move migrants out of hotels

Ministers are also looking to streamline the process to reduce the bureaucracy for local authorities

14/02 Red Wall areas housing seven times as many asylum seekers as the South East

The analysis underlines the disproportionate number being housed in some of the key battlegrounds in the forthcoming general election

12/02 Teen charged over riot at Merseyside asylum-seeker hotel

Jarad Skeete, 19, accused of assaulting emergency worker during protest

23/01 Afghan asylum seeker murdered aspiring Royal Marine after posing as child to enter UK

Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, 21, stabbed Thomas Roberts twice in the chest after previously shooting dead two fellow migrants in Serbia

19/01 British rescue services accused of abandoning 38 migrants in small boat

French coastguards from the union Solidaires Douanes made the claims but British sources disputed the account

17/01 New law will force social media firms to block adverts from Channel smuggling gangs

Culture Secretary announces plans to introduce tough sentences for companies who do not prevent posts from small boat traffickers

16/01 Rwanda policy delayed further as High Court grants appeal against its legality

Charities Detention Action, Care4Calais, the PCS union and a group of asylum seekers claim the policy breaches the Refugee Convention

15/01 Suella Braverman personally thanks heroic fisherman who rescued sinking Channel migrants

Home Secretary praises trawler skipper Raymond Strachan for saving 301 lives from the freezing sea in a tragedy that left four dead

12/01 Over half of modern slavery claims by migrants are by Albanians, Home Office figures show

The think tank Migration Watch, which obtained the data, said it was further evidence that they were exploiting loopholes in the laws

01/01 Border Force officers join French beach patrols in move to stem Channel migrant crossings

First Border Force officers were deployed alongside gendarmes working to thwart departures just before Christmas

01/01 More than 45,000 Channel migrants made crossing in 2022

The last crossings of the year took place on Christmas Day, when 90 people made the journey from France in two boats