Brian WheelerPolitical reporterPA MediaNewly-appointed shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has accused Sir Keir Starmer of fuelling public frustration over the housing of asylum seekers. Sir James told BBC ...

Aimee DexterBBC News, EssexGreg MckenzieBBC News, EssexPA MediaThere have been a number of demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, believed to be housing asylum seekersSix people have been ...

AFP via Getty ImagesMinisters are facing calls to start processing Syrian asylum applications again, as new figures showed more than 7,000 people are still in limbo. The UK paused ...

The UK is in talks with other countries to set up overseas "return hubs" for failed asylum seekers, Sir Keir Starmer has said on his first official visit to ...

BBCReform UK could take the government to court to prevent migrants being housed in areas where it now controls the local council, party chairman Zia Yusuf told the BBC.Yusuf ...

Getty ImagesAsylum seekers will be denied the right to stay in the UK if they have been convicted of sexual offences, the government has announced.Any offender sentenced to more ...

The number of people claiming asylum in the UK in 2024 has exceeded the previous recorded peak in 2002, according to figures released by the Home Office. In the ...

During the whole of 2023, local councils in England accepted 9,580 households as needing help after becoming homeless because they had had to leave asylum accommodation - up from ...

The asylum seeker received £3,000 and went under a scheme separate to the forced returns scheme. Source link

International protection applicants living in tents in central Dublin have been bussed to another site. Source link

The Home Office is offering up to £3,000 to encourage people to relocate to the East African country. Source link

The government divides the backlog into claims made before and after 28 June 2022, referring to those before that date as the legacy backlog. While the legacy backlog has ...