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Mother and baby home survivors welcome "U-turn" on refusal to debate change to cut off date for planned redress scheme
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (661+ words) Survivors of mother and baby homes have welcomed a "U-turn" by Stormont Speaker Edwin Poots hoped to see the removal of a "cut off date" in a planned redress scheme. A freshly filed amendment allowing relatives of those who died…...
Students flee Belfast after false reports migrants living in their homes
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (313+ words) Students were forced to flee Belfast after claims people from ethnic minority backgrounds were living in their homes. It is understood young students fled the Holylands area of south Belfast after a sinister "hit list" of Houses of Multiple Occupation…...
Northern Ireland has higher percentage of white residents than England, Wales or Scotland and accounts for just 1% of asylum seekers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (641+ words) Northern Ireland has a higher percentage of white residents than England, Wales or Scotland and accounts for just 1% of all asylum seekers currently being housed in hotels across the UK. Here, the Press Association looks at the latest available population…...
Migrants "abused and assaulted" due to "dubious" social media posts
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (492+ words) Migrants are being verbally abused and physically assaulted due to the widespread proliferation of "dubious" social media posts, a charity has said. The warning comes after a Whats App voice message was circulated widely in Co Derry, claiming that a…...
UK net migration drops below 200, 000 for first time since Covid-19 pandemic
4+ week, 1+ day ago (423+ words) UK net migration dropped to an estimated 171, 000 last year, the lowest level since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The figures for the 12 months to December are down 48% compared to the previous year (331, 000), according to the Office for National Statistics…...
Timeline of the Channel migrant crisis
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1774+ words) More than 200, 000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel since current records began in 2018, Government figures show. This is how events have unfolded since the start of the Channel migrant crisis: December 28: Then-home secretary Sir Sajid Javid…...
Number of people crossing Channel since 2018 believed to have hit 200, 000
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (698+ words) More than 200, 000 migrants are thought to have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel since 2018. Dozens of migrants were seen arriving in Dover, Kent, on Friday morning. Their arrival is believed to have pushed the total number of arrivals…...
Newton Emerson: New social housing rules offer chance to address refugee fears
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (778+ words) Newton Emerson writes a twice-weekly column for The Irish News and is a regular commentator on current affairs on radio and television. THERE was plenty of coverage and reaction last year when "intimidation points" were removed from social housing by…...
John Swinney convenes security meeting after terror threat level raised
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (558+ words) The First Minister has convened a security meeting with Police Scotland after the UK's national threat level was raised from substantial to severe. John Swinney said he was also engaged with the country's Jewish community following an attack in England....
PSNI blames invisible EU land border as one of the reasons for outstripping spending of police in England
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (401+ words) The PSNI has blamed having a largely invisible land border with the EU and being a "regional" force for outstripping the spending of police costs in England by 166%. Details emerged this week when "UK Treasury's Open Book Review of the…...