1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (587+ words) A small boat carrying 32 migrants was intercepted less than a mile from Dover today after someone onboard phoned 999. Border Security Command vessels and lifeboats were scrambled just before 9am, with the dinghy located off Shakespeare Beach just outside Dover Harbour. Footage…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (886+ words) Three people have been arrested in raids targeting a suspected crime gang accused of helping migrants pretend to be gay to claim asylum. They are believed to have supported dozens of bogus asylum claims from Bangladeshi men claiming to be…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (735+ words) Almost 1,300 small boat migrants have reached Britain in just four days – the busiest period so far this year. The Home Office confirmed 609 migrants were brought ashore on Monday – pushing this year’s running total past the 20,000 mark. It means the four-day…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (600+ words) Twenty-five inflatable boats capable of carrying up to 1,700 illegal immigrants across the Channel have been seized by Border Force and the National Crime Agency at a UK airport. The nine metre long vessels were intercepted at East Midlands Airport after…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1015+ words) By RORY TINGLE, HOME AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT and DAVID BARRETT, HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR Labour has been accused of 'riding roughshod' over a historic naval town that has emerged as the latest flashpoint in Britain's small boat crisis. Local politicians are urging…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1021+ words) By JADA BAS, REPORTER Neighbours fear redevelopment plans for a local hotel could see it converted into a 42-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) housing asylum seekers. Developers want to turn the three-star venue in Maidstone, Kent, into a complex…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (425+ words) Eighteen workers have been arrested after an immigration raid at a busy DPD delivery depot. The employees were detained on suspicion of immigration offences during a crackdown on illegal working in the parcel delivery sector. Footage from the raid appears…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1681+ words) Dozens of residents in a picturesque North Yorkshire village are threatening to 'sell up and move' over fears that more than 1,000 asylum seekers could soon be housed at a former RAF base on their doorstep. Homeowners in Linton-on-Ouse say they…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (601+ words) Nearly all women who attempt to reach the UK in small boats from northern France are raped on their journey, according to the home secretary. In an interview with The Rest Is Politics podcast, Shabana Mahmood said sexual abusers would…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1409+ words) By NOOR QURASHI, NEWS REPORTER and LETTICE BROMOVSKY, NEWS REPORTER and RORY TINGLE, HOME AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Police have set up a dispersal zone covering the whole of a historic naval port after protests sparked by the arrival of a migrant…...