Migrants who want to remain in the UK will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community, the Home Secretary will say.more
In the small, steadily depopulating town of Introdacqua in the Italian region of Abruzzo, a sale of abandoned houses has been a complete success. More than 300 foreigners, including those from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Ireland, have moved in. Some have purchased two houses.more
Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme in a speech on Friday.
The prime minister believes it would help crack down on illegal working and modernise the state, according to senior figures in government.more
Nigel Farage has falsely accused Romanians in Britain of eating swans in parks across the country in his latest attack on migrants living in the UK.
The Reform UK leader claimed “swans are being eaten in Royal Parks” and said carp were being taken out of ponds “by people who come from different cultures”. more
A family of three, including a small child, are the first people to arrive in the UK under the government's "one in, one out" agreement with France.
The BBC has been told they have been given three-month visas, with no right to work and no recourse to public funding. They can, however, apply to stay in the UK.more
Sadiq Khan has slammed Reform UK proposals to end the rights of migrants to apply for permanent British residency after five years and restrict their access to benefits. The Mayor of London described the move as "unacceptable" and said it would impact "thousands" of people living in the capital who are "contributing hugely to our city". more
Nigel Farage has said Reform UK would scrap the main route that migrants take to gain British citizenship, leaving tens of thousands of legally settled people facing deportation unless they met strict rules.more
The first migrant who illegally crossed the English Channel to the United Kingdom was deported to France yesterday, according to Sky News. A second man was deported this morning. These are the first cases of forced departure under the ‘one for one’ agreement between the United Kingdom and France.more
Over the past three years, Norwegian social services have lost contact with more than 500 immigrant children exposed to domestic violence. Most of them were removed by their families to their countries of origin. Officials confirmed that one in ten cases involved children from Polish families.more
Around 100 people who illegally crossed the English Channel in August are to be deported from the UK to France today, the Telegraph newspaper has revealed. They will be the first migrants to be forcibly departed under the bilateral "one for one" agreement.more
Asylum seekers in northern France who hope to reach the UK in small boats are to be targeted with Home Office-endorsed posters and leaflets telling them that they are risk of being returned under a new “one in, one out” deal.more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced yesterday the launch of an operation codenamed ‘Midway Blitz’ against illegal immigrants in Chicago. The operation was announced at a time when President Trump is publicly considering sending troops to Chicago.more
The number of migrants who have illegally entered the UK by crossing the English Channel by boat has exceeded 30,000 since the start of 2025, according to the latest figures from the Home Office.more
Germany has ceased to be the top destination for asylum seekers, due to a decline in applications from Syrians, the EU Asylum Agency (EUAA) announced today. In the first half of 2025, the largest number of applications were submitted by Venezuelans in Spain and France.more
Federal immigration agents conducted raids targeting immigrants in Boston and surrounding areas over the weekend, arresting dozens of people, said Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.more
Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed for the first time the government is looking at digital ID as a way to tackle illegal immigration.
The prime minister said a new identity programme could play an "important part" in reducing the incentive to enter the UK without permission.more
A man whose arrest led to protests outside a hotel in Epping has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman.
Hadush Kebatu, from Ethiopia, touched the girl and said he "wanted to have a baby" with her during incidents in Epping, Essex, on 7 and 8 July.more
Care companies were fined almost £600,000 for hiring illegal workers in the first three months of the year, new figures have revealed.
Ten UK firms were handed penalties of between £10,000 and £210,000 between January and March 2025, according to Home Office data analysed by the Standard.more
Tens of thousands of foreign students are being contacted directly by the government and told they will be removed from the UK if they overstay their visas.
The Home Office launched the new government campaign in response to what it has called an "alarming" spike in the number of international students arriving legally on student visas then claiming asylum when they expire.more
Poland is deporting only a fraction of those who should leave its territory. The register of undesirable persons already includes 31,000 foreigners, reveals today's "Rzeczpospolita." Since the beginning of 2025, 1,100 foreigners have forcibly left Poland.more
UK PM Keir Starmer said yesterday in an interview with the BBC that he would like to see hotels for asylum seekers closed by the end of the parliamentary term, i.e. 2029. He added that his government's main task is to ‘control the borders’ of the UK.more
Are you an asylum seeker and are you considering buying an armoured car, a snowmobile or a timeshare using your Home Office pre-paid cash card? If so, think again, for these are just some of the luxuries on a list of banned items and activities drawn up by the government.more
A temporary injunction that blocked asylum seekers being housed at an Essex hotel has been overturned at the Court of Appeal.
Lawyers for The Bell Hotel in Epping and the government challenged a High Court ruling that would have forced 138 asylum seekers to leave the site by 12 September.more
Austrian Minister for Integration, Family and the EU Claudia Plakolm announced significant cuts in financial assistance for asylum seekers who do not participate in the integration process. She also confirmed that the ban on children under the age of 14 wearing headscarves will be reinstated in the autumn.more
French police will defy orders to stop small boats filled with refugees leaving for Britain, in another blow to Sir Keir Starmer’s migrant deal.
Union chiefs said they would tell border police and gendarmes not to intercept the migrant boats or even enter the water – partly because it was too cold for them.more
