Immigration and asylum

Home Office pressed on EU citizens removed while awaiting approval to stay

Hopes have been raised for EU citizens who have faced being removed from the UK post-Brexit even while they wait on their applications to stay, after a statutory body...

Starmer backs plans to explore Italian-style migration deals to limit crossings

Keir Starmer is supporting plans to look at Italian-style migration deals with other nations to reduce the number...

Keir Starmer to create team to tackle ‘national security’ threat of people smugglers

Keir Starmer will describe the border crisis as a “national security” threat this week and launch a team...

Rioter found dead in jail is believed to have killed himself, inquest hears

A 61-year-old man who was found dead in prison is believed to have killed himself, an inquest heard.Peter...

Grandfather jailed for rioting outside asylum seekers’ hotel ‘died by hanging’, inquest hears

A 61-year-old grandfather who was found dead in prison is believed to have died by hanging, an inquest...

Robert Jenrick vows to cut aid to countries that do not take back refused asylum seekers

Robert Jenrick has said he would cut off aid from countries that do not take back people who fail in their asylum claims, as...

John Major criticises Rwanda asylum plan as ‘un-Conservative and un-British’

Sir John Major has criticised the former Conservative government’s Rwanda scheme, saying it was unsuitable for the 21st century and was “un-Conservative and un-British”.The...

Parents forced from small boat plead to join children taken to UK without them

Two parents separated from their children while attempting to cross the Channel by small boat have urged the Home Office to allow them to...

‘Targets are unrealistic’: sacked fruit picker tells of treatment on Kent farm

It had been a sweltering morning picking cherries beneath plastic polytunnels in July when Ilyas finally lost his temper at the farm where he...

Labour bid to ‘smash the gangs’ could add to death risk for Channel migrants

Deaths in the English Channel are expected to rise to “devastating” new highs over the coming months, with charities and experts warning that Labour’s...

UK ports given £10.5m to prepare for EU biometric checks

British ports will be given £10.5m in state support to prepare for increased border checks this autumn, when the EU’s much-delayed entry-exit system (EES)...