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A law passed by the British Parliament allowing the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda received formal approval from King Charles III yesterday, marking its entry into force. The government, meanwhile, has said it already has a date booked for the first flight and the migrants selected.more

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said he would ‘happily’ fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, but only after summer. The UK government has not approached the budget airline to aid in carrying out its controversial plans to ship thousands of people off to the African country. But the Ryanair CEO has indicated he would be willing to make money off the deportation of migrants to a country known for human righmore

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after five people including a child were killed as they tried to cross the Channel.more

The prime minister has staked his premiership on the policy, which he says will act as a deterrent to migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats.more

In January this year the number of people applying for asylum and international protection in the EU for the first time has increased - the EU statistical office (Eurostat) reported. The most asylum applications were submitted by Syrians, Afghans, Turks and Venezuelans, who most often chose Germany, Spain, Italy and France.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced today that the first deportation flights to Rwanda will take off within 10 to 12 weeks. He stipulated that it was not just one symbolic flight, but that he wanted illegal immigrants to be sent there regularly throughout the summer.more

A Home Office case worker has been arrested on suspicion of trying to sell UK residency to an asylum seeker living in Northern Ireland. BBC News NI can reveal the official allegedly contacted a vulnerable man and asked for £2,000 in return for approving his refugee application.more

The number of foreigners transferred to Poland under readmission, the so-called Dublin III agreement and other agreements and arrangements is increasing, according to data provided by the Border Guard. The reason is, among other things, migration pressure.more

Increasing number of Vietnamese blamed for record numbers of arrivals to UK as Government urges Lords to support Rwanda Bill.more

The UK has begun talks with four countries - Armenia, Botswana, Costa Rica and Côte d'Ivoire - to strike a deal with them similar to the one with Rwanda to send illegal immigrants there, 'The Times' reported yesterday.more

The number of homeless refugees seeking urgent housing from English councils has increased by 239 per cent in the past two years, analysis shows, prompting charities to slam the “dysfunctional system” that leaves people living on the streets in tents.more

From today (11 April), higher minimum earnings levels apply in the UK to apply for a work visa and to bring family members into the country. This also applies to citizens of European Union countries.more

More than half of the UK Home Office's asylum refusals are later overturned by judges, and most of those who fail to successfully appeal remain in the UK anyway, but the authorities do almost nothing to deport them, Sky News revealed.more

El Salvador is offering citizenship to 5,000 highly skilled foreigners, the president of this small and poor Central American country, Nayib Bukele, known for his successful campaign against organised crime, announced on Saturday.more

A special letter has been issued by Polsih Federation in the UK to Sir Keir Starmer on granting UK citizenship to Settled Status EU citizens.more

Spain is scrapping its ‘golden visa scheme’ that gives residency to foreign property buyers in a blow to wealthy UK expats. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters on Monday that ending the scheme would help make access to affordable housing "a right instead of a speculative business".more

Cheap foreign labour will no longer be an option for British companies, James Cleverly has said as new salary thresholds for skilled workers come in. The Home Secretary said it was “time for employers to play their part” in investing in and recruiting British workers as the Government sought to reduce record levels of net migration.more

Controlling immigration is more important than “membership of a foreign court”, the Prime Minister has said in his strongest hint yet that he could back leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).more

Every fourth employer feels the outflow of Ukrainian employees from the Polish labor market - according to the latest "Polish Labor Market Barometer" by Personnel Service. It was added that 43 percent entrepreneurs have staff from the East on their staff, by 6 percentage points. less than a year ago.more

If Ukraine loses the war with Russia, we can expect that there will be "the world's largest refugee movement since the 1940s," warned migration researcher Gerald Knaus, quoted today by the German website RND.more

In four municipalities in Bavaria, asylum seekers will receive benefits in the form of a payment card instead of cash, as has been the case so far, dpa reported. Hamburg was the first to introduce such a solution over a month ago.more

At least 514 illegal immigrants in 10 boats crossed the Channel into the UK on Wednesday, the highest number since 2 December last year, the Home Office reported yesterday.more

Support for Ukraine and the fight against illegal immigration are to be the main themes of the fourth European Political Community (EPC) summit to be hosted by the UK on 18 July, the British government said on Tuesday.more

Rishi Sunak’s plan to save public money by moving asylum seekers out of hotels is in tatters after Whitehall’s spending watchdog disclosed that the government’s alternative sites will cost millions of pounds more. The National Audit Office said attempts to place people seeking refuge in a barge, two former RAF bases and former student accommodation will cost £1.2bn.more

On Monday evening, the British House of Commons rejected all 10 amendments to the bill to allow the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda proposed by the House of Lords, which means that the bill will return to the upper house.more