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Police looking into reports of ‘missing’ athletes after Glasgow Commonwealth Games
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (202+ words) GLASGOW, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Scottish police are investigating reports of foreign athletes, identified in the media as boxers from Uganda and Pakistan, who failed to return home after competing in the Commonwealth Games that ended in Glasgow last Sunday. “Police Scotland…...
Britain to close loophole blocking deportation of grooming gang ringleader
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (290+ words) LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) – The British government said on Monday it would close a legal loophole in its efforts to deport to Pakistan a man who served 14 years in prison for being a leading perpetrator of what is known as the…...
UK asylum seekers face £10,000 charge before they can apply to settle
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (301+ words) LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – Asylum seekers in Britain could have to repay the state around £10,000 ($13,222) for accommodation and basic living support before becoming eligible to apply for settlement, the government said on Monday in its latest effort to deter illegal migration....
On London’s streets, facial recognition tests the balance between security and liberty
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (877+ words) LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) – Tourists, shoppers and office workers in a busy London street on an ordinary weekday found themselves part of a digital identity check as live facial recognition cameras scanned faces against a police watchlist. The operation was an…...
Some smugglers shift to Belgium from France to move migrants into UK
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (315+ words) BRUSSELS, April 8 (Reuters) – Smugglers are increasingly using Belgium’s shoreline to transport migrants to Britain since tighter controls began along the French coast, authorities say. Though numbers remain comparatively small, there have been 17 such departures this year, compared with no more…...
Reform UK threatens to deny visas to citizens of countries demanding reparations
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (377+ words) LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) – Nigel Farage’s Reform UK said on Tuesday it was proposing to deny visas to people from countries seeking amends for transatlantic slavery, a move swiftly condemned by the Caribbean reparations commission as a “legacy of toxic racism…...
Migrants deported under UK-France scheme lacked translators and advice, report says
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (318+ words) PARIS, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Migrants deported from Britain to France under the new “one-in one-out” scheme did not have enough access to translators, legal advice or information about what would happen to them next, inspectors said in a report published on…...
Deaths were avoidable in Channel’s worst migrant boat disaster, UK inquiry finds
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (344+ words) LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – The deaths of more than 30 migrants who drowned attempting to travel from France to Britain in a small boat were avoidable, an inquiry into the worst disaster of its kind found on Thursday. The inquiry said 27 men,…...
Illegal migrants to face clothing and mouth searches for phones at UK ports
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (310+ words) LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Police in Britain will be able to require illegal migrants to remove their coats and allow mouth searches at British ports so officers can look for mobile phones or SIM cards and gather intelligence on their journey,…...
Factbox-How does Britain plan to overhaul its asylum system?
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (551+ words) LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out plans on Monday to toughen its asylum system, with measures such as making refugee status temporary and reinterpreting human rights laws to make it easier to deport migrants who arrive illegally. The moves are a…...