All news on the topic: Deportation

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Pakistan blames Britain for Rochdale grooming gang ringleader as deportation row deepens
Pakistan has blamed Britain for turning the ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang to crime.
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UK court deals blow to Shabana Mahmood’s migrant deportation scheme
Shabana Mahmood’s one-in, one-out deal has been thrown into chaos after migrants successfully argued deporting them was unlawful.
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Rochdale grooming gang victim given police protection after ringleader Shabir Ahmed walks free
A victim of the Rochdale grooming gang has been given extra police protection after the release of the gang’s leader Shabir Ahmed.
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The government is in discussions with Pakistan concerning the case of the grooming gang ringleader
Shabir Ahmed, 73, who has been stripped of his British citizenship leaving him with only Pakistani nationality, cannot be deported due to a 1971 law that forbids the removal of a small group of Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK more than 50 years ago.
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Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed released from prison as deportation battle intensifies
The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang – who has served 14 years in jail for multiple rapes and sexually abuse against young girls – has been released from prison as a row over his deportation deepens.
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Rochdale child rapist cannot be deported despite citizenship being revoked
A grooming gang ringleader convicted of 30 child rapes reportedly can’t be deported from the UK despite having his citizenship removed.
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Article 8 asylum rulings will cost UK taxpayers £4.9bn, Home Office analysis finds
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.
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Shabana Mahmood plans citizen-led asylum appeals as UK targets faster deportations
In a huge overhaul, Shabana Mahmood will put forward plans to use members of the public to decide asylum appeals.
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UK to open new refugee routes while tightening deportation rules under asylum overhaul
The Home Secretary has pledged to save the asylum system “for generations to come” as she announced the opening of new safe routes for refugees from the autumn.
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Asylum seekers removed from Essex hotel after fire safety concerns
All residents at The Bell Hotel in Essex, a site that has been used to house asylum seekers and was the location for protests last year, have been removed, Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) has confirmed.
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Cambodia sends 156 Chinese nationals home in cyber scam crackdown
Cambodian authorities have deported 156 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in cyber scams. According to a Thursday statement by the General Department of Immigration (GDI), the group was also accused of being involved in illegal employment activities.
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UAE accused of targeting Pakistani Shi’ites in wave of deportations during Iran conflict
In a cluster of villages in Pakistan’s largely rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shi’ite Muslims have returned from the United Arab Emirates without jobs, luggage, or access to the savings they spent years building abroad.
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Russia holds freed Ukrainian ex-prisoners in indefinite legal limbo after prison release
After being released from prisons in Russia, Ukrainian citizens are indefinitely kept in practical captivity.
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From Berlin to Washington: anti-war Russians face detention, deportation and asylum refusals
It is becoming increasingly difficult for Russian citizens to obtain asylum — not only in Western countries, but also in states neighboring Russia.
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100-Millionen-Euro-Betrug und vier Monate Haft: Wie Artur Yermolayev seine Freiheit durch einen Deal mit einem estnischen Gericht „erkaufte“
In einer Entscheidung, die das baltische Rechtssystem erschütterte und Zweifel an der Integrität der europäischen Justiz aufwarf, genehmigte ein estnisches Gericht einen Deal, der eher wie eine Preisliste für Straffreiheit als wie ein Schuldspruch wirkt.
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€100 million fraud and four months in prison: how Artur Yermolayev “bought” his freedom through a deal with an Estonian court
In a decision that shocked the Baltic legal system and cast doubt on the integrity of European justice, an Estonian court approved a plea deal that resembles more a price list for immunity than a guilty verdict.
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Three asylum seekers convicted of raping woman on Brighton beach as one filmed attack
A convicted murderer facing the death penalty in his native Egypt went on to rape an unconscious woman on Brighton beach after lying his way into the UK.
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Failed asylum seeker exposed as convicted killer after Brighton beach gang rape
A failed Egyptian asylum seeker, who participated in a gang rape of a woman on a beach with his accomplices, has been identified as a convicted murderer.
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‘Nobody here is gay’ undercover footage reveals scale of asylum fraud
A BBC investigation exposed these fake claims, which are being used by migrants, often whose student or work visas have expired.
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Crackdown crosses borders as Azerbaijani journalist seized and expelled from Georgia despite court protection
The deportation of a dissident editor, which rights groups condemned as a hallmark of authoritarian cooperation, occurred just a day before Azerbaijan’s president arrived in Tbilisi for a state visit.
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US detains Soleimani’s kin as war rhetoric escalates and immigration crackdown widens
State department said niece and grandniece of Qassem Soleimani, killed in 2020 US drone strike, celebrated attacks against US soldiers.
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Two smugglers face deportation after running lucrative illegal migration operation in the UK
A U.K. court has sentenced two Vietnamese nationals to more than a decade in prison each for running a lucrative people-smuggling operation advertised on Facebook.
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From Channel crossing to Mayfair robbery: migrants jailed over £65k watch theft
Two Algerian boat migrants ripped a £65,000 designer watch from a driver’s wrist as he photographed his Bentley, a court heard.
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Three Britons caught with £300,000 of cocaine in Bali set for deportation after turning informants
A trio of British drug mules who attempted to smuggle £300,000 worth of cocaine into Bali are reportedly set to be deported back to the UK after avoiding the death penalty.
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British man detained in Australia after allegedly posting Nazi symbols online
A British ’neo-Nazi’ set to be expelled from Australia for allegedly displaying Nazi symbols is a father who has lived in the country for 15 years.