All news on the topic: Asylum Seekers

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

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

The Prime Minister spoke out after attending a meeting of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain, where leaders discussed tackling people smuggling gangs

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings

Keir Starmer called for MI5 and European spy agencies to work closer together, with inflatable boats "effectively made to order" and said the Tories have only offered "gimmicks"

One of the Home Office's latest efforts to deal with the costs of accommodating asylum seekers was using the converted Bibby Stockholm barge to house migrants but it was quickly emptied after a legionella outbreak

Data from the Home Office shows a massive 175,457 people were waiting for an initial decision on an application at the end of June - a 44% rise from 122,213 a year earlier

An unnamed man ended up struggling in the water in a hydro power house in Derby, before a group of brave asylum seekers leapt into action to save him and carry him to safety

The 24-hour Migrant Help hotline was handed £17million last year to support refugees, but asylum seekers face lengthy delays to speak to an advisor and calls often get cut off

The government's latest attempt to house asylum seekers and deter small boats is the 10,659-ton Bibby Stockholm barge, docked off shore at Portland Port with the first 15 people moving aboard this week

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden lashed out at the Fire Brigades Union after it raised safety fears about the Bibby Stockholm, currently moored on the Isle of Portland

The warning comes from the Local Government Association as it prepares for its annual conference in Bournemouth, and as the UK is gripped by an 'acute' housing shortage

The Prime Minister used a press conference about the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to lash out at the judges' ruling and pledge to challenge the decision at the UK's highest court

Youngsters are expected to write goodwill messages on giant teddies as campaigners step up their crusade to axe a key measure from the flagshp legislation

Home Secretary Suella Braverman was grilled about plans to accommodate new arrivals crossing the Strait of Dover as plans for more barges flop

Manuel Vega was detained and tortured by police in Cuba. He told the Mirror he was "shocked and terrified" to suffer the same treatment in the US while seeking asylum, where he was supposed to be protected

The Prime Minister can stop the boats very easily, says Fleet Street Fox. It's just that his own party won't let him

The Bibby Stockholm vessel will house around 500 single male asylum seekers in the Isle of Portland for at least 18 months - but do YOU think people should be housed in barges?

The engineless Bibby Stockholm has docked in Falmouth for vital inspections and refurbishment before being towed to Portland in Dorset where she will accommodate 500 asylum seekers

Lord Patrick Cormack accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman of ignoring locals' views over what should happen to RAF Scampton and ploughing on with a plan to house asylum seekers

Sky News presenter Kay Burley grilled Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on whether he was a 'Nimby' (Not in my back yard) after his local council tried to block plans to house asylum seekers on a disused airbase

Refugees could help tackle labour shortages and begin contributing to the economy sooner if they were allowed to get jobs while their applications are being considered, campaigners argue

The gigantic barge named Bibby Stockholm was deemed an 'oppressive environment' when it was used by the Dutch government to house asylum seekers in 2005

The Home Secretary 'flipped' her second home allowance to claim £25,000 in energy bills for her own family, says Fleet Street Fox. She's got a flipping cheek

Eva Simpson asks why there is one set of rules for one set of people and one for others, when we should be showing compassion to people fleeing war and persecution regardless of where they are from