All news on the topic: Refugees

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Plans to house 83 asylum seekers in new homes spark backlash in Shropshire village
A total of 83 asylum seekers are to be moved into £250,000 homes on an estate dubbed “Migrant Street”.
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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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Seven Afghan migrants charged with rape and child sex abuse in Norwich grooming gang case
Seven Afghan men who were part of an alleged grooming gang have been charged with 40 sexual offences including rape and child sex abuse.
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Kemi Badenoch urges deportation of Southport killer’s parents if no criminal charges follow inquiry findings
Kemi Badenoch has called for the parents of the Southport killer to be deported if they fail to face criminal action.
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Deadly Channel crossing: four dead as migrant ‘taxi-boat’ sinks off French coast
French authorities say the situation is still being assessed after a ‘taxi-boat’ sank between France and the UK.
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Crime-as-a-Service network run by brothers Vladlen and Hennadiy Hirin laundered tens of millions across Europe and cryptocurrency channels
As part of the international operation codenamed YUZUK, conducted by local police in collaboration with Europol.
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Shabana Mahmood reveals racists tell her to “go back home” and call her a "f***ing Р***" amid asylum reform clash
Shabana Mahmood told MPs she is regularly targeted by racists who tell her to ‘go back home’ and call her a ‘f***ing P***’.
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Shabana Mahmood to tighten asylum rules with shift to temporary refugee protection
Individuals who are granted asylum in the UK will be allowed to stay only temporarily, according to a policy change that the home secretary is expected to announce next week.
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Trump administration to admit just 7,500 refugees next year, mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the United States next year to the token level of just 7,500 – and those spots will mostly be filled by white South Africans.
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Syrian refugee sentenced to life for 2024 Solingen stabbing attack
A Syrian man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2024 stabbing attack in Western Germany in which three people were killed and 10 others injured.
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Horror at US station: Homeless man kills 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who fled Putin’s war
This is the initial image of a Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed at a train station in the US.
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Clashes erupt at migrant hotels as 30 anti-immigration protests sweep UK
Protesters are clashing with police outside of migrant hotels up and down the UK with with more than 30 demonstrations this weekend.
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Transfers through Birmingham and ghost boat rides: how the Kurdish mafia smuggles people to Britain’s shores
A BBC investigation has exposed the French and UK operations of a powerful and violent smuggling gang taking people across the English Channel in small boats.
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Unrest in Essex: anti-migrant protests escalate into attacks on police
Two people were arrested after a so-called "anti-migration" march in Epping, Essex, descended into violence on Thursday.
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Indian authorities threw dozens of refugees into the sea with life jackets — UN
UN accuses India of abandoning Rohingya refugees at sea — calls actions “outrageous” and life-threatening
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Syrian refugee, 16, stabbed to death in Huddersfield after escaping war-torn Syria
A 16-year-old boy who died after being stabbed in the neck has been identified as a Syrian refugee who was starting a new life in the UK after being injured in a bombing.
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Proposed amendment to British citizenship regulations encounters initial legal challenge
A young Afghan refugee files a case after a decision to block citizenship for those who arrived via a ’dangerous journey’.
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UK Home Office halts asylum claims, leaving thousands of Syrians in limbo
Two months after the fall of Assad’s regime, Whitehall’s decision to pause asylum applications from Syrians has left more than 6,600 cases stuck on hold in the UK.
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Bulgarian police ’hindered rescue’ of teenage migrants who succumbed to freezing temperatures
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activists’ efforts to save them.
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11-year-old girl rescued off Italian coast after three days clinging to tire tubes
Girl from Sierra Leone is only person rescued after shipwreck that is feared to have killed more than 40 people
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City council leader suspended over ‘sexual messages sent to Ukrainian refugees’
A senior Labour politician has been suspended by the party following reports he bombarded Ukrainian refugees with sexually inappropriate messages on dating apps.
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Home Office trial extends refugees’ time to find housing before eviction by double
Charities and politicians praise increase to 56 days but press for move to be made permanent
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Hundreds arrested in Northern Ireland during crackdown on people smugglers
Gangs charging €8,000 for illegal travel packages that avoid crossing Channel on small boats
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Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months after admitting lies about refugee
Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to showing a defamatory video of a Syrian refugee during a protest last year.
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Baby dies after boat capsizes during attempted Channel crossing, rescue efforts underway
French authorities say 65 people rescued after overloaded boat sinks off coast of Wissant