12+ hour, 40+ min ago  (469+ words) A COUNCIL webpage about asylum seekers supports Worcester's goal to become a City of Sanctuary. Reform UK councillor Alan Amos asked several questions about the fact-checking page on Worcester City Council's website at a full council meeting on Tuesday (February…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (502+ words) A 'disappointed' councillor has spoken of his frustration after trying for months to get answers about why a hotel is being used unlawfully to house asylum seekers. Cllr Alan Amos sought answers about the Fownes Hotel from Worcester City Council…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (285+ words) A new online resource aims to tackle misconceptions and set'out the facts around immigration, asylum seekers and refugees in the city. Worcester City Council has launched a dedicated webpage to help residents understand the differences between migrants, refugees and asylum…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (620+ words) A major supplier of small boats and engines believed to be used in thousands of Channel crossings to the UK has been jailed for 11 years and fined 400,000 euro (more than "346,000). Turkish national Adem Savas, 45, was sentenced at a Belgian court…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (534+ words) Mobile phones and sim cards will be seized from migrants without needing to arrest them from Monday as part of efforts to tackle Channel crossings and people smugglers. Officers will begin taking electronic devices from people at Manston processing centre…...

2+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (1061+ words) A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK in 2025 after crossing the English Channel " the second highest annual figure on record. The Home Office confirmed on Thursday that no migrants made the journey on New Year's Eve, continuing a run…...

2+ mon, 17+ hour ago  (378+ words) Booking a holiday is exciting, but it can get stressful if you don't have the correct'travel documents. You'll more than likely know that passports have changed since the UK left the European Union (EU), but you might wonder if your…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (326+ words) Worcester LGBT has called on the Home Office to urgently withdraw its appeal and approve the asylum claim of a 'valued community figure'. The group has called on the Home Office to approve the asylum claim of Monsur Ahmed Chowdhury,…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (112+ words) ALMOST two-thirds of asylum seekers living in Worcestershire hotels are in Worcester, new figures show. There were 188 asylum seekers housed in the county at the end of September, with 120 in the city, an increase of three from June, data from…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (376+ words) REFUGEES already in Britain should be protected from changes to the settlement system, a Worcester organisation said. Worcester LGBT (Asylum Support Network) called for people already in the settlement system not to be affected by reforms to Indefinite Leave to…...