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The first group of 27 male asylum seekers arrived at Crowborough former military camp in East Sussex. Authorities plan to scale up to 500 residents amid local protests and potential legal challenges.more

French officials have made their first interception on the water as part of a new policy aimed at stopping small boats carrying illegal migrants to the UK. A so-called "taxi-boat" was boarded by French officers on Saturday on the Aa canal in Gravelines, which is on the Channel coast above Calais.more

Chancellor announces visa regime changes and business support at Davos Economic Forum.more

In May 2025, the government published a white paper that proposed a number of changes that would make it harder to move to and settle in the UK. The document, which was called “Restoring control over the immigration system”, does not change the law itself, but presents alterations that the government intends to make in the future.more

The French Ministry of the Interior announced today that ten British far-right activists who took part in actions on the French coast against immigrants attempting to cross the English Channel illegally into the United Kingdom have been banned from entering the country.more

Immigration arrests are at the highest levels in history, the Home Office has revealed, after raids on businesses in London were stepped up. A crackdown on illegal working has seen enforcement officers up visits to restaurants, car washes, nail salons, barbers, markets, shops and hotels. more

In Sweden, the number of asylum seekers in 2025 was 6,735, the lowest in 40 years and 30 per cent lower than in 2024, Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell announced on Friday. more

New EU regulations on safe third countries are intended to allow member states to reject some asylum applications at the initial assessment stage. This will apply to individuals who may have applied for and possibly been granted asylum in a non-EU country deemed safe by member states.more

UK visa applications from foreign skilled workers and health staff dropped significantly last year after stricter immigration controls were enforced, new data shows.more

The outflow of workers from Central and Eastern Europe, including Poles, is a serious challenge for the Norwegian economy, which is intensifying with the improving economic situation in their countries, admitted Ine Eriksen Soereide, former Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs.more

New powers allowing mobile phones to be seized from illegal migrants without arresting them have come into force. The government said it will help gather intelligence on smuggling gangs organising small boat crossings to the UK.more

The measures, which build on those set out in the Government's immigration white paper, are set to make it more difficult for some migrants to come to Britain.more

According to statistics from the British Home Office, 41,472 migrants illegally crossed the English Channel on boats and dinghies to England in 2025. This is 13% more than in 2024 and 41% more than in 2023.more

The number of people who believe “Britishness” is something you are born with has almost doubled in two years, according to research that warns of a rising tide of ethno-nationalism in Britain.more

Ukrainians are facing growing hostility from Poles, and the change in society is due in part to the prevailing disinformation and the policies pursued by President Karol Nawrocki, the British newspaper The Guardian reported on Monday.more

More than 800 migrants in 13 boats crossed the English Channel on Saturday, according to Home Office data. The figure is a record for a December day in recent years, and is believed to be due to a backlog of people wanting to get across to Kent because of recent bad weather.more

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yesterday ordered the suspension of the visa lottery programme in connection with the attack that killed two people at Brown University on Sunday. The Portuguese suspect in the case entered the US through this programme in 2017.more

Net migration to the UK could rise to about 300,000 by the end of the decade, a leading government adviser has said. Prof Brian Bell, the chair of the migration advisory committee, said the overall migration figure would jump “in the medium term” from the current level of 204,000 as the numbers of overseas students and workers rose againmore

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), at the request of President Donald Trump, is creating its own fleet to deport unwanted foreigners. It has ordered six used Boeing 737s worth $140 million for this purpose.more

The number of foreigners working in Poland at the end of June 2025 amounted to 1,099,500, an increase of 6.5% year-on-year, according to the Central Statistical Office (GUS). Compared to the previous month, their number increased by 2.9%.more

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Alex Norris, the asylum minister, said anyone without the right to stay in the UK would be deported. He pledged to "ramp up" removals of families deemed not to be legitimate refugees by officials.more

The government says 60 takeaway-delivery riders found to be working illegally in the UK are facing deportation. The Home Office says the group are among 171 riders arrested over seven days in November in a national "enforcement blitz" in villages, towns and cities across the country.more

Over the past 10 years, the number of Poles moving to Norway for work has fallen by two-thirds. Research published this week by OsloMet University shows that the improved economic situation in Poland and the weak krona exchange rate are making emigration to Norway less attractive.more

Children who arrive in the UK on small boats could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new Home Office rules. New measures will allow immigration enforcement officials to seize phones at the border if it is believed they contain useful intelligence about people-smugglers.more