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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

Reform UK says it would offer payments to countries like Afghanistan as part of a plan to enable hundreds of thousands of migrant deportations if it won power. The party's leader Nigel Farage set out a five-year plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission at a news conference.more

28,076 migrants have crossed the Channel illegally in small boats to the UK since the start of 2025, the Home Office said. This is a 46% increase compared to the same period in 2024.more

Anti-immigrant demonstrations and counter-demonstrations took place in several cities across the UK on Saturday outside asylum seeker hotels. Police in Liverpool arrested at least 11 people. In Bristol, clashes broke out between officers and protesters.more

A record 111,000 asylum applications were made to the UK during the year to June, but the government is processing cases faster, new Home Office figures show. This is an increase of 14% from the previous year, and it is higher than the peak of 103,000 in 2002.more

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that when assessing applications from people wishing to live in the US, it will check them for ‘anti-American views’ expressed, for example, on social media, according to today's “Wall Street Journal”.more

The town council in Epping, eastern England, received an order from the High Court yesterday stating that asylum seekers arriving at The Bell hotel must leave by 12 September, according to the BBC. Anti-immigration protests and counter-demonstrations have been taking place outside the building for weeks.more

The Channel migrant crisis has taken a grim new turn, as 106 people were crammed onto just one migrant boat overnight in the largest single load to arrive in UK waters.more

EU citizens waiting for the Home Office to decide their pre-Brexit residency status should not be removed from the UK if they make a short return visit abroad for business, leisure or family matters, the statutory body for EU citizens’ rights has said.more

Migrants in Greece whose asylum applications have been rejected will be required to wear ankle monitoring bracelets as part of planned measures to speed up deportations, a Greek government official announced, according to the AP news agency.more

Yesterday, mass anti-immigrant protests took place in several cities across the United Kingdom outside hotels where asylum seekers are staying. Clashes with counter-demonstrators and the police occurred in London, Norfolk, Leeds and Epping, among other places. Several people were arrested.more