All news on the topic: Asylum Seekers

A former health minister of Afghanistan is seeking asylum in the UK while staying at a migrant hotel that has faced anti-immigration protests.

Addressing the subject of migrant hotels, Sir Keir Starmer said he was questioned about his reaction if a hotel housing asylum seekers were to be established at the end of his street.

A police officer was "punched in the face" by masked anti-asylum protesters at a march in Canary Wharf today.

Five people were arrested at a protest in London, where a group of masked men attempted to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers on Saturday.

Epping Forest District Council had been granted an interim injunction by the High Court, stopping the hotel’s owner, Somani Hotels, from using the hotel to accommodate asylum seekers beyond September 12.

More than 100 asylum seekers have been detained for deportation to France, as the Prime Minister seeks to address migration issues, according to The Times.

Yvette Cooper will stop judges from hearing appeals from rejected asylum seekers as part of government plans to clear the backlog of claims more quickly.

Asylum hotels across the UK are reportedly facing a wave of anti-immigration protests this weekend.

The Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf has been at the center of anti-migrant protests in recent weeks.

A wave of local authorities is pledging to prevent asylum seekers from being accommodated in hotels after Epping Forest District Council achieved a surprising victory in the High Court following weeks of protests.

Asylum seekers being housed in an Essex hotel will be moved after a council was granted a temporary High Court injunction.

Villagers in Wales were enraged after mistakenly believing that a group of Scottish teenagers at a summer camp were asylum seekers, leading to a surge of online abuse now under police investigation.

Number of people who arrived in UK via small boats in first half of 2025 up 48% on same period last year

A police force at the center of a controversy has denied accusations of a "cover-up" following the alleged kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.

A BBC investigation has exposed the French and UK operations of a powerful and violent smuggling gang taking people across the English Channel in small boats.

Asylum seekers have been discovered using government-issued debit cards to support their gambling habits in betting shops and casinos throughout the UK.

Jonathan Reynolds says ‘I understand the frustrations people have’, as police brace for further unrest

Palau, a nation with a population of only 18,000, is contemplating a draft agreement to resettle ’third-country nationals’ from the US.

Rocks and eggs were thrown at police as they tried to protect a hotel near London being used as accommodation for asylum seekers, prosecutors said Monday as a man arrested in connection with the incident appeared in court.

Two people were arrested after a so-called "anti-migration" march in Epping, Essex, descended into violence on Thursday.

Scores protest after asylum seeker charged with committing three sexual assaults — just eight days after arriving in UK on small boat

Uber Eats, Deliveroo, and Just Eat to enhance the use of facial verification after ministers express concerns