All news on the topic: Immigration

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Far-right France emerges as Europe’s new immigration hardliner
In nearly all Western countries that held elections this year, migration has been a central issue.
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Courts place UK’s post-Brexit scheme for EU citizens at risk, experts warn
Lawyers criticise what they consider inconsistencies in the handling of individual foreign nationals’ cases
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Officer from Italy forced to quit UK police due to post-Brexit barriers
Dani says his £26,000 salary is not high enough to sponsor his wife so she can join him in Britain
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Keir Starmer says he is open to processing asylum seekers offshore
PM wants to rethink UK’s immigration policies but did not make progress on returns deal at summit with EU leaders
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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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Tony Blair urges Starmer to maintain immigration control to counter far-right rise
Former PM says immigration benefits UK but controls are needed to ‘close off avenues’ for populists
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Jamaican man living in UK for 38 years must wait another 10 years to apply for citizenship
Dennis Henry, 61, granted leave to remain after almost four decades of struggling to secure his immigration status
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Murder of German police officer inflames migration debate ahead of EU election
Focus on immigration and Islamist extremism could benefit the far right in the final days of the campaign.
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Rwanda denies entry to senior human rights researcher
Human Rights Watch says Clementine De Montjoye’s case raises fresh questions about UK’s asylum seeker scheme
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Stop the boats pledge in tatters as arrivals would fill Premier League stadium
The number of people arriving by small boats across the Channel since Rishi Sunak became PM has passed 40,000 with more crossings so far this year compared to this point in 2023
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One charged over six rushed to hospital after being found in lorry
One person has been charged with assisting unlawful entry into the UK after migrants were found in the back of a lorry at Newhaven ferry port in East Sussex
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Uncle of Tory minister accuses Government of acting like 'despots' over Rwanda
Lord Tugendhat, who is the uncle of Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat, savaged the Government's Safety of Rwanda Bill that he described as 'quite extraordinary'
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Kids returning from school trip find migrants hiding among suitcases in coach
One mum waiting to collect her child said the incident at Hounsdown School in Totton, Hampshire, was 'horrendous' after two men were found in the luggage compartment of a coach
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Widows facing 'shameless' £3,000 fee to stay in UK take challenge to court
It costs £491 for someone to apply for leave to remain in the UK, but bereaved people whose partners have passed away are challenging a rule which lumps them with a £3000 penalty
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UK population set to reach 74 million by 2036 with six million more people
The Office for National Statistics believes there could be 74million people living in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 12 years' time - up from 67million in 2021
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Rishi Sunak won't say if he'll sack top Tory Lee Anderson over Rwanda threat
Lee Anderson, the Conservative Deputy Chairman, is expected to back rebel amendments seeking to toughen up legislation aimed at getting the deportation flights off the ground
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'Panicking' woman could be deported because her husband's salary is £4,700 short
Steve and Andrea Brown, who have been together for over a decade and live in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, told of their heartbreak and devastation at the cruel new visa requirements
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Only way to sort social care crisis is to hike wages, admit migration advisers
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said it was 'deeply disappointed' ministers 'exhibit no ambition in this area' as it demanded wage hikes for low-paid care workers
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Rwanda Bill vote full results - check how your MP voted as Sunak suffers revolt
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's emergency Rwanda Bill scrapes over first Commons hurdle as the Tory leader humiliated by major rebellion during a crunch vote. See how your MP voted
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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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Pregnant girls who have been raped put in asylum seeker hotels by Home Office
The Children’s Commissioner is demanding the Home Office stop accommodating unaccompanied children in hotels as it's warned some are victims of rape, torture or organ harvesting
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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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Woman astonished as stranger helps her uncover amazing family secret by chance
Raised in the UK, Felice Hardy had no idea that as an adult on a fact-finding mission she'd learn that her grandmother, Liesl Herbst, a tennis star, had to leave behind her family and escape the Nazis before she could find happiness and success across the ocean
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Rishi Sunak defends Tory loudmouth Lee Anderson over Rwanda migrant plan rant
The Prime Minister refused to condemn the Conservative Party Chairman after he suggested that minister 'should just put the planes in the air now and send them to Rwanda'