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US President Donald Trump has announced a programme whereby illegal immigrants will be given funding and airline tickets to return to their countries of origin under “self-deportation”. At the same time, he promised that those deemed ‘valuable’ would be able to return to America legally.more

The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel has reached a new record for the first four months of the year. Some 656 people arrived in 11 small boats on Saturday, taking the total number of people crossing in 2025 so far to 8,064, according to provisional Home Office figures.more

A Polish woman who had her application to remain in the UK rejected because she mistakenly filled in a form online instead of on paper has been granted permission to stay in Britain after a change of mind by the Home Office.more

US President Donald Trump's administration has ordered immigrants who arrived in the US through the CBP One app to leave the country immediately. This is part of a strategy to withdraw the temporary legal status granted to these individuals during Joe Biden's term under ‘humanitarian parole’.more

Relocation is just one option in the EU's migration pact, which is intended to ease the burden on countries struggling with high numbers of arrivals or the instrumentalisation of migrants. Countries can also opt for a financial equivalent or to second their staff to assist in asylum procedures.more

Official figures show that 728,000 people came to the UK in the year to June 2024 - fewer than in the previous 12 months. The fall was greater than expected because the estimated number of people who came in the year to June 2023 was revised up sharply, to 906,000. more

At the beginning of April, tougher migration regulations came into force in Sweden, forcing almost 5,000 people to leave the country. This applies to immigrants who were refused asylum but found work and remained in Sweden on that basis.more

A Polish woman has been threatened with deportation by the Home Office because her application form to stay was accidentally filled in online instead of on paper.more

Since Labour came to power in July 2024, 24,000 migrants have been deported from the UK, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday as he opened the Border Security Summit in London, attended by representatives of 40 countries. He added that this was the highest figure in eight years.more

Immigrants arriving in Portugal will be able to legalize their stay no later than 20 days after submitting an application to the state authorities - according to the so-called fast-track legalization program approved by the Portuguese government.more

The Trump administration will revoke the temporary legal status that allows more than 500,000 immigrants to stay in the United States. They entered the United States legally under President Joe Biden's policies, Bloomberg reported.more

Failed asylum seekers could be sent to the Balkans under plans being considered by the government. Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas "return hubs" to house asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected and all appeals exhausted.more

After a series of controversial repatriations of German tourists, Berlin has contacted other EU countries to determine whether there has been a "change in American immigration policy." Statistics from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs do not confirm it, the Wyborcza.pl portal reported on Thursday.more

All Poles planning to travel to the UK after 1 April are required to have a new form of visa. The permission to enter the UK is called Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) and without it, no Polish citizen who does not have a regulated migration status in the UK (e.g. settled status) will be allowed to enter the country.more

New visa rules for care providers, workers and students have been confirmed by the Government. Employers will have to prioritise hiring foreign carers already living in England before recruiting from overseas, under the measures laid in Parliament on Wednesday.more

The Home Office is launching an advertising campaign in Iraq to try to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats. Similar campaigns were launched in Albania and Vietnam by the previous Conservative government in 2023 and 2024.more

In 2024, almost one million asylum applications were submitted to EU countries, Norway and Switzerland - 11% less than in 2023. The largest number of applications last year went to Germany. In Poland, protection was sought mainly by Ukrainians, followed by Belarusians.more

"I can confirm that this will be one of the largest scale deportations from Poland since 1989," said Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Maciej Duszczyk.more

The number of people claiming asylum in the UK in 2024 has exceeded the previous recorded peak in 2002, according to the Home Office. The newly released figures suggest asylum claims were at their highest level since records began in 1979.more

A record number of children died in the Channel last year according to UN data shared with the Guardian that officials have said should serve as a “wake-up call”. Last year, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) Missing Migrants Project recorded the highest number of deaths and missing persons in the Channel, with 82 people losing their lives, at least 14 of whom were children.more

Another attack by a refugee who remained in Germany despite his asylum application being rejected has sparked a wave of criticism of the government's migration policy, with commentators calling on politicians to break with Merkel's tradition and tighten the rules after the election.more

Canine beauticians, DJs and pilates instructors are among the categories of overseas workers eligible to apply for UK skilled worker visas, an Oxford academic has found.more

The Home Office has been accused of quietly blocking thousands of refugees from applying for citizenship if they arrived in the UK by small boats or hidden in vehicles. Guidance for staff assessing people who have applied for naturalisation says that, since Monday, applicants who have “made a dangerous journey will normally be refused citizenship”.more

MFA spokesman Pawel Wronski confirmed today that two Polish citizens are to be deported from the US. At the same time, he pointed out that during the previous year, up to 24 January this year, there had been 67 deportations of Polish citizens from the United States.more

Migrant workers who come to the UK to bolster the country’s care system are having to share beds, sleep rough, and are in some cases being charged more than £20,000 in illegal fees, according to research.more