All news on the topic: Asylum Seekers
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Cost to taxpayers rises as UK considers larger payouts to rejected asylum seekers
Approximately 700 Albanian families might be offered more than £3,000 to leave the UK, as ministers handle a rising immigration bill.
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Number of asylum seekers in hotels jumps to 36,000 by September in UK
New statistics published by the Home Office this morning show that 4,232 more asylum seekers were staying in hotels at the end of September 2025 compared to June 2025.
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‘Profiting from people’: asylum seekers face rats and hunger in UK hotels
Asylum seekers living in hotels have reported rats, overcrowding, and food so bad it leads to deficiencies, research has found.
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Highland Council hits out at lack of consultation on plans to house asylum seekers in Inverness barracks
The leader of Highland Council has accused the UK Home Office of “disrespect” over its handling of plans to house asylum seekers in an Army barracks in Inverness.
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Manhunt for two prisoners wrongly released from Wandsworth jail, including migrant sex offender
A manhunt continues for two prisoners released by mistake, including a migrant sex offender, as the Justice Secretary faces pressure over the error.
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Netherlands faces political paralysis as fragmented parliament makes coalition talks near impossible
Geert Wilders’ PVV may have lost ground in this week’s Dutch parliamentary elections, but the truth is that, contrary to all the talk in the international media, this modest European nation has not suddenly discovered how to defeat the extreme right.
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UK arrests hit record high in government crackdown on illegal working
A record number of people have been arrested as part of a government crackdown on illegal working in the UK.
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Home Office accused of wasting billions on failed asylum accommodation system
The Home Office has wasted billions of pounds on asylum accommodation due to long-term mismanagement of a "failed, chaotic, and expensive" system, according to a report published by a powerful parliamentary committee.
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Police recapture Hadush Kebatu after “unbelievably irresponsible” release
Convicted sex offender Hadush Kebatu will be deported from the United Kingdom after police finally caught him sitting on a bench in a north London park.
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Gardaí face missiles and fireworks in third night of Dublin unrest
Twenty-three people were arrested after an hours-long standoff with Irish police, whose members were directly struck with fireworks, stones, and other debris on a third consecutive night of disorder in Dublin.
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Six arrested after violent anti-immigrant riot outside Dublin hotel housing asylum seekers
Six people have been arrested after Irish police clashed with hundreds of protesters outside a Dublin hotel that is used to accommodate asylum seekers following an alleged sexual assault on a young girl.
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Gaza conflict drives surge in Palestinians crossing Channel to UK
The conflict in Gaza has led to a nearly tenfold rise in Palestinians making illegal Channel crossings to the UK, which could now be reversed by Donald Trump’s peace deal.
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Arson suspect arrested after fire at London hotel housing asylum seekers
A 64-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following a fire at a hotel accommodating asylum seekers in central London.
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Family of three are the first to arrive in the UK under the ‘one in, one out’ immigration deal
A family of three, including a small child, has become the first arrivals from France under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal, the Home Office has said.
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Home Office fails in attempt to expedite deportation under Starmer’s one in, one out migrant scheme
The Home Office has lost its attempt to expedite the deportation of an Eritrean migrant to France under the "one in, one out" scheme.
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More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel in one day despite government deal with France
More than a thousand people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Friday as the Government sent a third person back to France.
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Egyptian asylum seeker jailed for Hyde Park rape was convicted terrorist
An Egyptian asylum seeker who was jailed for raping a woman in London’s Hyde Park is a convicted Islamic terrorist, it has emerged.
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood vows to fight last-minute migrant appeals
Shabana Mahmood accused migrants of "making a mockery" of Britain’s laws and generosity as she vowed to fight last-minute appeals against the Government’s "one in, one out" deal.
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Migrant deportations have not yet started as Downing Street denies allegations of being a ‘shambles’
Deportations of migrants under the Government’s “one in, one out” deal with France have not yet started, amid further reports of planned removals being halted.
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Defense Secretary confirms that military bases are being considered for temporary asylum accommodation
Military sites may be used temporarily to house people seeking asylum as Keir Starmer is "absolutely determined" to end the use of hotels earlier than planned, a senior cabinet minister has said.
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"Deportation for women too": Farage makes new statement on asylum seekers
Nigel Farage has confirmed he intends to deport women asylum seekers back to the Taliban in Afghanistan if he becomes prime minister.
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Asylum seekers to move from hotels to military barracks in UK government plan
Asylum seekers will swap “luxury accommodation” in hotels for military barracks in No 10’s latest bid to tackle the migrant crisis.
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Feeding 40,000 migrants could cost taxpayers up to £2.4m a year, estimates suggest
The Home Office is set to spend millions of pounds on providing asylum seekers with ready meals, snacks, and crisps over the next three years.
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An asylum seeker residing in a hotel found guilty of sexual assaults days after arriving in the UK
An asylum seeker hotel resident has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl days after arriving in the UK on a small boat.
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New Greek law allows prison terms and fines for failed asylum seekers
Greece has enacted strict legislation that could result in rejected asylum seekers receiving prison sentences, fines, and orders to wear ankle monitors, as part of the center-right government’s ongoing efforts to discourage undocumented migrants from entering its territory.
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