Imigracja

Endangering lives at sea is to be a new criminal offence carrying a jail term of up to five years as part of plans to tackle people smuggling, the Home Office says. Border officials will also get powers to seize migrants' phones in the search for intelligence about who helped them cross the Channel.more

A new report from the Citizens Rights Project reveals systemic struggles exacerbated by migration status and policies. EU migrants and their families in Scotland are facing increasing challenges in accessing justice, welfare, and basic support due to systemic barriers worsened by migration policies post-Brexit. more

The UK population could grow by almost five million people in a decade with the increase driven almost entirely by net migration. Data, released on Tuesday, suggests there will be 72.5 million people in Britain by mid-2032.more

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted raids in New York City yesterday in search of illegal immigrants, with local police assisting in the operation, NBC reports.more

The Home Office will soon start automatically upgrading those who hold pre-settled status under Appendix EU and are now eligible for settled status. more

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski declared yesterday in Brussels that Polish consulates in the United States had been put on high alert and that the Polish authorities would monitor whether Poles staying in the US illegally were being deported in greater numbers than before.more

The UK government will publish an immigration white paper later this year including a review of visas to entice more high-skilled workers as part of its push to kickstart growth, Rachel Reeves has announced.more

After an Afghan knife attack on a kindergarten group left two dead, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the country was working to deport more criminals to Afghanistan. The minister also said the Dublin system was not working properly.more

President Donald Trump’s executive orders to restrict U.S. citizenship are unconstitutional and likely to be overturned by courts. Still, Trump’s actions have raised concerns among some in the Polish diaspora and other immigrants, immigration lawyers say.more

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed yesterday that President Donald Trump has signed an order to send 1,500 troops to the border with Mexico to counter an ‘invasion’. The Pentagon said the military will send planes and helicopters to support the deportation of illegal immigrants.more

The overwhelming majority of Polish Americans are not showing fear in connection with President Donald Trump's announcement of mass deportations. Although the specific actions of the new US authorities are not yet known, Poles in this country remain calm and claim that the deportations will not affect them.more

US President-elect Donald Trump, who will take office on Monday, intends to launch a widespread crackdown on migrants who authorities believe are in the country illegally the following day, Reuters reported today, citing its sources.more

More than 80% of immigrants to Canada believe Ottawa allows too much immigration. That’s higher than the immigration fatigue among the general Canadian population, 57% of whom believe there are too many immigrants.more

A 19-year-old Syrian national died in the English Channel when a boat carrying a group of migrants trying to cross from Calais in France to Britain capsized, prosecutors in Boulogne-sur-Mer said yesterday.more

Nearly 400,000 fewer people from abroad have applied for UK work or study visas since strict new immigration rules came into force, Home Office figures revealed on Thursday. Provisional data shows 547,000 visa applications were received between April and December 2024, down from 942,500 in the same period in 2023.more

A record number of illegal immigrants have arrived in the Canary Islands in 2024, the Spanish Interior Ministry said yesterday, with more boats arriving on the archipelago in the first days of the new year.more

Last year, 36,816 migrants entered England illegally across the Channel, according to figures released yesterday by the UK Home Office.more

Senior figures in Tony Blair’s government, including John Prescott and Jack Straw, urged the then prime minister to delay opening the UK labour market to eastern European nationals shortly before they became EU citizens, newly released documents reveal.more

The tragedy took place this Sunday morning near Blériot-Plage in Sangatte, according to a source close to the emergency services.more

More than 450 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Christmas Day - the first arrivals for more than a week. A total of 11 boats made the journey to the UK from France on Wednesday morning, with more expected to follow in the coming days.more

Immigration enforcement teams carried out nearly 1,000 visits to target illegal working in the capital in recent months.more

About 1 million people who need to obtain eVisas to prove their right to live and work in the UK or return after travelling abroad have not yet done so even though the deadline to register is just over a week away.more

Deputy head of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration Czesław Mroczek told the Sejm yesterday that from 1 January to 15 December this year, 30,000 attempts to cross the border illegally were recorded. This compares with almost 26,000 in 2023 and more than 15,000 in 2022.more

Fewer foreigners are committing crimes, and a significant decrease – by as much as one third – concerns citizens of Georgia, reports "Rzeczpospolita" today. The newspaper asks why such a big change and explains that those who break the law are more often deported from Poland.more

Keir Starmer’s plan to bring down UK net migration by improving domestic training and skills is not guaranteed to work, the government’s independent advisers have concluded. The migration advisory committee also said that the average migrant who comes to the UK on a skilled worker visa contributes 20 times more than the average UK-born adult.more