8+ hour, 44+ min ago  (197+ words) Council bosses said they were left surprised after being fined near "45, 000 after the Home Office said the authority had been "employing an illegal worker". Cheshire West and Chester Council were included in a list of penalised organisations reportedly hiring staff…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (291+ words) The asylum hotel in Essex which has been at the centre of protests will cease housing migrants by 11 July, the local MP has said. Neil Hudson said the government told him the Home Office would terminate its asylum accommodation contract…...

21+ hour, 21+ min ago  (289+ words) All asylum seekers who were staying at a hotel, that has been the focus of ongoing protests, have been removed from the site. Demonstrations turned violent outside The Bell Hotel in Epping last summer after one of its residents was…...

23+ hour, 40+ min ago  (529+ words) The backlog of asylum appeal cases has reached a new record high, according to Ministry of Justice figures. Nearly 87, 500 appeals to overturn failed asylum applications had been lodged at the end of March 2026 - a 70% year-on-year increase. While the government has…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (707+ words) The government is set to "intensify" its crackdown on illegal migrants living in Northern Ireland. According to a government source, the Home Office is ramping up immigration enforcement efforts to "track down, detain, arrest and remove" illegal migrants. This will…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (734+ words) Police in Northern Ireland say a refugee charged with the attempted murder of a man in Belfast on Monday evening initially entered the country by crossing the border with the Republic of Ireland. Sudanese national Hadi Alodid travelled from Dublin…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (469+ words) The asylum minister has admitted failings over how the Crowborough military training camp was set up to temporarily house up to 540 male asylum seekers. Plans for the site in East Sussex have divided the local community since they were first…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (116+ words) Hundreds of migrants kidnapped and threatened with kidney removal BBC Hundreds of migrants kidnapped and threatened with kidney removal President Trump says Iran has shot down an American military helicopter Available for 6 days A BBC investigation has found that more…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (612+ words) Asylum seekers who are disputing their adult age have placed "significant operational and financial pressure" on children's services, a council said. Bedford Borough Council said it has received 19 referrals since April 2025, relating to people detained at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (278+ words) A man has been arrested following a fire at a former hotel at the centre of an asylum row. Lincolnshire Police said it received a call just after 08: 10 BST on Thursday reporting that the former Sutton Bridge Hotel had been…...