All news on the topic: Asylum Seekers

Reform UK are set to unveil fresh plans to overhaul the social housing system in the UK, by prioritising British-born youth over foreign nationals and asylum seekers.

The UK is set to sign a deal with Belgium in a bid to slash small-boat crossings in the English Channel.

Illegal migrants are being handed huge discounts on Britain’s most beloved tourist attractions - while British families are made to pay full price.

Shocking footage shows violent migrants clashing with French police as they tried to set sail for the UK.

Shabana Mahmood has unveiled proposals for a "fairer" approach to housing asylum seekers, despite widespread anger from affected communities.

Foreign nationals receiving Universal Credit reached a new record of nearly 1.3 million in May 2026, according to fresh data.

Two men have been jailed for violent disorder during protests outside an asylum hotel in Essex last summer, receiving longer sentences than the hotel occupant who assaulted a woman and girl in the town.

An employee of a company that provides accommodation for asylum seekers has been charged with misconduct in public office over sharing the properties’ addresses.

A Somali small boat migrant allegedly slashed a welfare officer with a large kitchen knife at a hotel housing asylum seekers, a court has heard.

Spanish cops are investigating 15 alleged sexual assaults in Ceuta, including one against a girl aged 10, as border tensions spiral out of control.

A Somali man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing at a hotel that has been used to house asylum seekers.

Villages across England have been left up in arms after the Government confirmed it is continuing plans to house up to 1,200 asylum seekers at three former military bases in Oxfordshire, North Yorkshire and Suffolk.

A massive inferno has broken out at a hotel, believed to be housing migrants, just yards away from Wembley Stadium.

Women will be left "outnumbered six to one" if Labour floods a tiny Yorkshire village with more than a thousand "asylum seekers".

A female police officer was ‘seriously bitten’ and crowds tried to storm homes linked to asylum seekers during two nights of unrest in Norfolk.

The Tories claim around 230,000 homes would become available as a result of their plan to limit social housing entitlements.

Katie Lam has slammed Labour’s “totally inappropriate” plan to house 1,250 migrants in the tiny Oxfordshire village of Piddington.

A family-run holiday park has found itself the target of online abuse and threatening phone calls after false information was circulated online suggesting they had ’taken government money to house migrants’.

Huda and her two children aged 10 and 12 had been living in two rooms in a London hotel for six months when they were told with just a few days’ notice they would be moved.

“You won’t last long when this ends…We know where you are, we know who works for you and we are watching every step you take. Step out of line again and watch what happens.”

Asylum seekers in Britain could have to repay the state around £10,000 ($13,222) for accommodation and basic living support before becoming eligible to apply for settlement, the government said on Monday ‌in its latest effort to deter illegal migration.

A total of 83 asylum seekers are to be moved into £250,000 homes on an estate dubbed “Migrant Street”.

Asylum seekers who invoked the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to stay in the UK last year will cost the taxpayer £4.9bn over their lifetimes, Home Office analysis has found.

The UK has turned to AI to determine ages of asylum seekers, and other countries are likely to follow suit. Our investigation finds the technology is deeply unreliable.

The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have condemned violent riots that saw houses torched, forcing families to flee, as “not welcome”.