More than 60 London Underground staff could lose their jobs and face deportation due to a change in the Government’s immigration rules, it can be revealed.
The bulk of the affected staff came to the UK on skilled worker visas and currently work in Tube stations.more
There is strong support in European Union countries for a program to send migrants who have entered Europe illegally to centers outside the EU, Danish Immigration Minister Kaare Dybvad told the Financial Times. He listed Poland among the countries supporting the idea.more
Home Secretary considers limiting number of workers that companies can recruit from abroad for jobs where there is an official shortage, writes 'Telegraph'.more
YouTube videos advising potential migrants on how to use an uncommon visa scheme to bring their family to Britain have been viewed tens of thousands of times.
Content creators on YouTube have been offering advice on how to enter the country using the charity visa route, which allows people to volunteer abroad in the UK for up to a year.more
Some migrants arriving in the UK on small boats will be detained and returned to France under the deal agreed with French President Emmanuel Macron.
In return, the UK will accept asylum seekers who have not tried to cross and can pass security and eligibility checks.more
More than 10,000 hotels across Europe have filed a class-action lawsuit against Booking.com, seeking compensation for alleged antitrust violations spanning 20 years. The legal action follows a 2024 ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that deemed the online travel platform’s “best price” clauses illegal.more
The United Kingdom announced yesterday that individuals advertising illegal border crossings or the sale of fake passports on social media face up to five years in prison. According to the British government, the new law will help combat human trafficking gangs.more
Ofcom, the British media and telecommunications regulator, launched an investigation yesterday into 34 pornographic platforms to check whether they use sufficiently effective age verification methods. According to research, 8% of children aged 8 to 14 regularly visit pornographic websites.more
Polish services accessed Poles' phone records over 2 million times in 2024. Officers have access to them "from their desks," with no external monitoring. This violates the law and EU rulings, writes "Gazeta Wyborcza."more
Palestine Action (PA) can challenge its status as a terror group, a judge had ruled.
Huda Ammori, the co-founder of the pro-Palestine group, brought the case after Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, proscribed PA following an alleged attack on two Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton on June 20.more
As announced yesterday by the European Commission, a digital system will be launched on October 12th to register the entries and exits of third-country nationals traveling to the European Union. This system will eliminate the need for passport stamps. Its goal is to increase the security of EU borders.more
At airports that use a specific type of security scanner, the 100 ml limit on liquids carried in hand luggage will be lifted, according to EC spokeswoman Anna Kaisa Itkonen. There are 700 such devices in 21 EU member states. In Poland, they are used at airports in Lublin and Poznan.more
Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers have been accused of trying to block stronger rights for millions of workers amid a growing campaign by business leaders to water down Labour’s zero-hours contract plans.more
A business associate of the oligarch Roman Abramovich has failed to overturn sanctions imposed on him after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after a supreme court judgment seen as a test case for the UK’s sanctions regime.more
A leading animal charity has called for all dog rescue organisations to be licensed amid growing concerns of behavioural issues and disease risks in imported pets.more
Plans to force taxpayers to submit digital information about their earnings to the government every 12 weeks will hit lower earners the hardest, even pushing the poorest people out of work and onto benefits, experts have warned.more
446 people were charged with illegally crossing the English Channel by boat between July 2024 and June 2025, according to "The Times", citing data from the British Home Office. This is less than 1% of all migrants who arrived in the UK during that period.more
The Home Office will share more data - including the location of asylum hotels - with Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats, in a bid to crackdown on illegal working.more
New rules for the internet have come into force - and may well change how you browse.
Ofcom's Children's Codes, a set of regulations designed to protect young people online, mean sites hosting adult content like pornography will need to have "highly effective" age verification in place.more
The Union Flag has been thrust into the national spotlight this week after a 12 year old schoolgirl was put into isolation for wearing a Union Flag dress to celebrate being British at her school's culture day. There are a number of rules that must be followed if you want to fly the Union Flag from your home and if you violate any guidelines it could lead to a fine of up to £2,500. more
Anyone complicit in facilitating people smuggling to the UK will be at risk of having their assets frozen and being banned from travelling to Britain, under new powers announced by the Foreign Secretary today.more
The Belgian government has approved a significant increase in the citizenship fee, and instead of €150, naturalization applicants will have to pay €1,000. This is one of the changes introduced as part of a migration package described by the government as "the toughest asylum policy in the country's history."more
The parliamentary committee overseeing the activities of the UK's intelligence services (ISC) has announced the launch of an investigation into the leak of personal data of 19,000 Afghans and more than 100 British spies and secret service agents, the BBC reported today.more
Converting Alcatraz Island back into a maximum security prison could cost around $2 billion, the Axios website reported on Friday, citing sources in the US administration. The opening of the prison was announced by President Donald Trump.more
Shoppers using buy now, pay later (BNPL) will need to pass stricter affordability checks under new rules coming into force next July.
It means some shoppers will be refused this type of credit and the ability to splash out on something potentially unaffordable in a few clicks could be slowed down.more
