Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, challenged a temporary injunction at the Court of Appeal. A temporary injunction that was set to block asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel has been overturned at the Court of Appeal. Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, and the Home…
Nearly 28,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel since the start of year. The latest Home Office statistics show that almost two-fifths of those who claimed asylum in the UK in the 12 months to June 2025 arrived via small boat. Under a new agreement between the British and French governments, some people who come…
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government policy of housing thousands of asylum seekers in hotels was facing severe pressure on Wednesday, as opponents leapt on a court ruling to call for protests and legal action to have them all evicted. According to a regular tracker of voters’ concerns, immigration has overtaken the economy as the biggest…
CNN — The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is leaving the Netherlands’ government over its policy for asylum-seekers, its leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday, toppling the governing coalition. “I signed up for the strictest asylum policy, not for the downfall of the Netherlands,” Wilders told reporters Tuesday morning. “And our responsibility for this cabinet therefore…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Friday that nationality and gender are “sufficient” for an EU country to grant asylum to Afghan women, who have seen their rights stifled under Taliban rule. Since Taliban authorities seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, they have imposed an austere interpretation of Islam and progressively driven women out…
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh political headache. Provisional data from the Home Office, or interior ministry, showed on Wednesday that…
Rishi Sunak managed to swerve a catastrophic rebellion when his Rwanda Bill cleared its second reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday night, but the Prime Minister still faces a major row with the right of the Conservative party when it reaches its next stage in the new year. The Rwanda bill, which is…
PM Petteri Orpo claims Russian border guards transported migrants to the Finnish border. Finland’s government said on Tuesday that Russia has recently been allowing asylum seekers to enter its territory without the necessary travel documents, calling it an “international crime.” According to the Finnish border service, 91 undocumented migrants, many lacking visas, have arrived in…
Home Office sent 24,083 letters of intent warning refugees they were being considered for forcible removal More than 24,000 asylum seekers from about one-third of the world’s countries could face removal to Rwanda by the UK Home Office in the future, even though the scheme was found to be unlawful in the court of appeal…
For tens of thousands of asylum seekers, living in Cyprus is a daily struggle. Isiaka and Christelle are just two out of thousands of migrants and refugees battling with meeting basic needs ranging from housing to employment to having food to eat on the small Mediterranean island, as more migrants keep arriving. “This paper is…