All news on the topic: Asylum Seekers

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An ISIS terror suspect is forcibly removed from a police helicopter and taken away by authorities
A 26-year-old man was pictured being dragged from a police helicopter after he turned himself in over the knife attack that left three people dead and eight other injured at a German festival.
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British government to boost fight against illegal migrants
UK government to boost staff, crack down on employers, in bid to fight people smuggling.
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Asylum seekers ’slept in the woods’ as rioters attacked Rotherham hotel in a ’disgusting display of thuggery’
A senior South Yorkshire Police officer describes "a particularly sickening moment" when a wheelie bin was pushed against the Holiday Inn, which provides accommodation for asylum seekers, and set on fire "with the clear intent to cause serious harm to the residents and staff".
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Home Office threatened to deport man likely to be a key witness in the Bibby Stockholm inquest
Yusuf Deen Kargbo was roomate of Leonard Farruku and almost certainly last person to have seen him alive
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’Inhumane’ Bibby Stockholm asylum barge to be shut down after costing millions
The Bibby Stockholm barge, which is docked in Portland, Dorset, is costing more than £41,000-a-day to lease. It will close in January, the Government has confirmed
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UK government urged to create ‘safe and legal’ asylum route as poll shows public support
Survey finds support for proposal that would allow in up to 40,000 a year with strong asylum claims and ties to Britain
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Asylum seekers resort to hiding or fleeing to Ireland to evade UK Rwanda detentions
Charities fear ‘increasing risks of destitution and exploitation’ of refugees as they go into hiding
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First asylum seeker flown to Rwanda after receiving £3,000 for voluntary commercial plane departure
Under a scheme unveiled in March people whose asylum claims have been rejected are being offered cash to move to Rwanda - it is separate to Rishi Sunak’s deportation plan
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UK ministers acknowledge detention of asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda
Guardian understands dozens of detentions have taken place across the UK this week, prompting demonstrations
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Hundreds of US citizens apply for asylum in UK with one in seven claims granted
Home Office figures show 434 Americans have applied for asylum in the UK in the past decade, with one in seven being granted refugee status or similar protections
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'Tory failure to respect asylum seekers has led to acid attacks on our streets'
As a mum and her daughters recover from an horrific attack by a sex offender who's gone on the run, Fleet Street Fox argues he could have been stopped if Tory governments had not axed spending for political reasons
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Prison officers to train contractors in forcing asylum seekers onto planes
Government contractor Mitie, which runs immigration detention centres, is hiring “use of force instructors” to force asylum-seekers on to planes bound for Rwanda
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PM slapped down by watchdog after 'misleading' claim asylum backlog is cleared
The Prime Minister was accused of telling a 'barefaced lie' when he tweeted that the asylum backlog had been cleared as figures show thousands are still waiting
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Five migrants die in Channel trying to reach UK after boat carrying 70 overturns
A group of 70 people had been trying to get into a small boat to launch from a beach in France, to cross the Channel, but it quickly ran into trouble at sea, leading to five people tragically dying
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Rishi Sunak investigated over 'barefaced lie' asylum backlog has been cleared
Ministers claimed to have cleared a 'legacy' backlog of applications made before June 28 last year, but figures show more than 4,500 of these are still waiting an initial decision
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Asylum seeker found dead on Bibby Stockholm after 'shouting in cabin' is named
Leonard Farruku was being treated “like an animal” on Bibby Stockholm before his death, his sister claims, and his death caused great distress among the other asylum seekers on the barge
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Fire tears through historic hotel amid protest over plan to house asylum seekers
The fire at Ross Lake House in Ireland broke out at approximately 11:35pm last night, just days before it was due to accommodate 70 asylum seekers
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'I'm sick of waking up to racist lie that immigrants are our biggest problem'
Darren Lewis is fed up with hearing that stopping the boats is the British people’s biggest priority when most people are more concerned about heating, eating, and the cost of living
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Tory James Cleverly's own flight to Rwanda delayed after deportations hold up
Home Secretary James Cleverly's Government flight to Rwanda was delayed last night, which came after months of Tory moans about deportation flights to Rwanda being delayed by judges
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Details of £40k secret immigration 'deal' between Suella Braverman and Sunak
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed she and Rishi Sunak reached an agreement on policies to limit net migration in the run-up to him becoming Prime Minister last autumn, including on a £40,000 minimum salary
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Scabies outbreak as asylum seekers housed in old RAF base told to isolate
The Home Office has confirmed a case of the highly infectious condition scabies at an RAF base used to house asylum seekers as protestors say the disease is spreading
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Rishi Sunak announces emergency laws to send migrants to Rwanda
The Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference to announce plans for emergency legislation in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that the Rwanda plan is unlawful
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Exact date Rwanda deportation flight of Channel migrants is due for take off
February 24 has been earmarked as the date when a plane carrying asylum seekers who have reached the UK will depart for the Rwandan capital Kigali, it has emerged
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Asylum lawyers threatened with acid attacks and pet killings by far-right thugs
Lawyer James Elliott read out a chilling letter received by his office which threatened to "deal with" those who assist asylum seekers - saying someone will be killed if politicians don't dial down hate speech
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Sunak hails deals with three European countries to tackle Channel migrant crisis
The Prime Minister spoke out after attending a meeting of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain, where leaders discussed tackling people smuggling gangs