5+ hour, 1+ min ago  (699+ words) More than 300 migrants heading to the UK last summer were kidnapped, tortured and threatened with forced organ removal, the BBC has learned. The young men, all from Iraqi Kurdistan, were captured in Libya by a militia who demanded a ransom…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (798+ words) An Artificial Intelligence (AI) age estimation tool that aims to detect adult migrants posing as children will be deployed at the UK's borders next year. The Home Office says the technology will make it easier to identify adult migrants "attempting…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (674+ words) An AI facial recognition tool that aims to detect adult migrants posing as children will be deployed at the UK's borders next year. The Home Office says the technology will make it easier to identify adult migrants "attempting to game…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (804+ words) Riot-trained police will be sent to beaches in France as part of a new "662m deal with the UK to stop illegal migrants from crossing the English Channel. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to sign the three-year agreement with France…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (162+ words) A governance expert has raised concerns about gaps in the response to xenophobic violence in South Africa, arguing that inefficiencies within the police service continue to affect how cases are handled and resolved. According to Tendai Mbanje, a regional governance…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (106+ words) The Fiscal Paradox: Who Subsidises Whom? Technology: Promise and Peril The Farage Agenda: Ideology Over Evidence A rational asylum and immigration policy would begin from evidence rather than ideology. The following principles, derived from comparative research and economic analysis, would…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (508+ words) The British government has announced an unprecedented "emergency brake" on its immigration system, blocking study visas for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, that the move is a direct response to…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (804+ words) The Rwandan government claims it is owed "100m by the UK for payments due under an asylum agreement that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer cancelled. Rwanda has filed an international arbitration case, arguing the UK has breached the terms of the…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1380+ words) Illegal migration is "tearing the country apart", the home secretary has said, as she prepares to unveil major plans to overhaul asylum policy. New measures set to be announced by Shabana Mahmood on Monday will include people granted asylum needing…...