The number of asylum seekers in hotels has fallen by just seven since the Prime Minister pledged to move them out. Home Office figures show 45,768 asylum seekers are still housed in expensive hotel accommodation. It means the figure has barely changed
The Archbishop of Canterbury has “turned a blind eye” to the widespread abuse of baptisms by asylum seekers in Britain, a whistleblowing priest has suggested. Rev Matthew Firth, a former Church of England priest, accused Justin Welby of an “unwillingness to be
Europe is facing an unprecedented amount of migrant applications, as figures reach an all time high. More than one million applications for asylum in the European Union were lodged in 2023, with a large percentage coming from migrants from Syria and Afghanistan.
Albania has agreed to host two migrant processing centers on its territory that will be fully run by Italy, under a deal that worries many human rights activists. The European Union, however, sees the agreement as a possible future template. Italy has
An asylum seeker who was granted the right to stay in the UK has been jailed after he was caught trying to meet a teenage boy for sex. Omid Ebrahmi, 46, was living at Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield before he was
The Swiss people are set to be offered a referendum on immigration after a petition calling for the population not to go above 10 million by 2050 reached 100,000 signatures. In a rare expression of direct action the people of the landlocked
James Cleverly has told Scotland and Wales to house more asylum seekers. In letters to Humza Yousaf and Mark Drakeford, the Home Secretary said Scotland and Wales give homes to around half as many migrants as England. He said that while England
Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli has received political asylum from Nicaragua days after Panama’s Supreme Court denied his appeal over a money laundering conviction that carried a 10-year sentence. Martinelli’s attorney Shirley Castañeda said outside the Nicaraguan embassy Wednesday that “his political
An alleged Russian spy reportedly lied to gain asylum in the UK before he worked for the Foreign Office with access to intelligence secrets, reports have suggested. The refugee from Afghanistan is accused of spying for Russia’s military intelligence agency but also
A total of forty asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge are converting to Christianity, according to a church elder. The disclosure comes amid fears that migrants are changing their religion in order to stay in the UK. Church elder and consultant