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300 Kurdish migrants bound for UK kidnapped and threatened with kidney removal
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (523+ words) LONDON " An investigation into the fate of more than 300 Kurdish migrants, who sought to cross into the United Kingdom using illegal routes, has exposed a horrifying human trafficking and organ-harvesting ring operating in war-torn, militia-controlled Libya. More than 300 migrants heading…...
UK and France strike $890m deal to stop migrant crossings
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (544+ words) PARIS " Britain and France have agreed a new deal to stop illegal migrants making the perilous journey across the English Channel, according to the French interior ministry. Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to sign the three-year agreement with…...
Gaza scholarship winners await UK evacuation to pursue studies
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (96+ words) JERUSALEM " As students across the UK celebrated securing their university places, Mahmoud received the news he had been waiting for while trying to sleep in a shelter in central Gaza. The 27-year-old Gaza scholarship winners await UK evacuation to pursue…...
UK government to overhaul asylum appeals system
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (91+ words) The UK government will create a new asylum appeals body to tackle a backlog of 51, 000 cases, amid rising protests over 32, 000 asylum seekers housed in hotels. UK government to overhaul asylum appeals system LONDON " Britain's government is planning a major overhaul…...
Novelist Sally Rooney says she will support Palestine Action despite ban
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (76+ words) Author Sally Rooney says she will continue to support Palestine Action, despite the group being proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK. Novelist Sally Rooney says she will support Palestine Action despite ban LONDON " Author Sally Rooney says she…...
Thousands cross Channel in small boats since new migrant deal with France
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (101+ words) LONDON " More than 2, 500 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats in the 11 days since the new "one in, one out" agreement with France took effect, figures from the UK's Home Office Thousands cross Channel in small boats since new…...
UK to announce first people-smuggling sanctions in plan to 'smash the gangs"
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (92+ words) LONDON " Gang leaders, corrupt officials and police officers, fake passport dealers and firms supplying small boats could be publicly named in UK sanctions targeting people-smuggling. The first measures UK to announce first people-smuggling sanctions in plan to 'smash the gangs…...
UK faces legal action over refusal to evacuate Gaza's critically ill children
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (727+ words) UK government faces legal action over refusal to evacuate critically ill children from Gaza. Lawyers say ministers failed to consider humanitarian needs. UK faces legal action over refusal to evacuate Gaza's critically ill children LONDON " The British government is facing…...
UK to start processing Syrian asylum claims again
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (83+ words) The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the fall of the Assad regime. UK to start processing Syrian asylum claims again LONDON " The UK is to start processing…...
UK and France launch pilot scheme to further deter Channel crossings
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (115+ words) France will accept the returned migrants in exchange for the UK taking in an equal number of asylum seekers who have family ties in Britain, the leaders of the two countries announced on Thursday. UK and France launch pilot scheme…...