All news on the topic: Immigration and asylum

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.

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.

Approximately 700 Albanian families might be offered more than £3,000 to leave the UK, as ministers handle a rising immigration bill.

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

Iran has reportedly requested the Taliban for the ’kill list’ of Afghans leaked during a major data breach at the Ministry of Defence, so the Tehran regime can identify MI6 spies.

Donald Trump has visited a new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, suggesting the facility, surrounded by alligator-filled swamps, could serve as a model for future detention centers nationwide.

Britain will continue accepting nearly 300,000 people a year despite major crackdowns on immigration, a government adviser has said.

Thousands of arrests have been made over the past year as part of Labour’s crackdown on illegal working, the government has said.

A Kenyan migrant has been granted permission to remain in the UK after a judge found that a document rejecting her asylum claim was “riddled” with typos.

DHS claims payment will be issued after individuals leave the US and it has been confirmed through their app

Released court statement indicates that the alleged Chinese spy assisted in drafting private letters to the Chinese president.

The number of refused asylum seekers awaiting an appeal decision on their claims has surged by almost 500 percent in the past two years.

Critics say border security bill for England and Wales likely to have minimal effect as record number of people cross Channel illegally.

French authorities carry out 12 rescue operations off northern coast during ‘intense’ day of attempted crossings

A man who tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years, the joint-longest prison sentence in connection with the UK’s summer of riots.

Charities and politicians praise increase to 56 days but press for move to be made permanent

People will be allowed to use expired identity documents amid ‘real fear’ of another Windrush-style scandal

Social workers declined to provide short-term foster care for Mazeedat Adeoye whose mother had overstayed visa

Staff at Brook House had warned it was ‘only a matter of time’ before someone died as a result of taking the drug

Several bodies pulled from sea after boat got into difficulty off coast of Audresselles on Monday night

Flight comes as news emerges of plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on Chagos Islands to British territory of Saint Helena