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Mahmood unveils hardline asylum shake-up

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announces the biggest asylum system reforms in a generation, including a 20-year wait for settlement and enforced family removals, sparking a Labour backlash.

UK's Biggest Asylum Shake-Up Since WWII Unveiled

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood unveils the UK's biggest asylum system overhaul since WWII, modelled on Denmark. The plan includes a 20-year wait for settlement and temporary refugee status. Discover the full details and reaction.

Afghan asylum seeker murders British shop manager

Exclusive: A female store manager's act of kindness turns to tragedy as an Afghan asylum seeker she employed stabs her to death after Germany controversially refused his deportation.

UK asylum claims hit record 108,000 - Europe's biggest surge

Shocking new figures reveal Britain has recorded Europe's largest increase in asylum applications, with claims soaring to 108,000 this year - an 84,000 surge from previous levels, creating unprecedented pressure on the UK's immigration system.

Dublin hotels full amid UK asylum seeker influx

Dublin accommodation providers are experiencing unprecedented pressure as the UK government considers relocating asylum seekers to Ireland, creating a potential humanitarian crisis in the Irish capital.

Syrian asylum seeker jailed for nightclub sex attack

A Syrian asylum seeker has been sentenced to prison after following a woman from a nightclub, strangling her and committing a serious sexual assault in a terrifying late-night attack in Westminster.

UK Asylum Appeals Surge Overwhelms Courts

Britain's immigration courts face collapse as asylum appeals surge to unprecedented levels, creating dangerous backlogs and raising serious concerns about public safety.

Somali criminal murders UK restaurant owner

A successful restaurant owner who championed how migration enriched Britain was brutally murdered by a Somali criminal and failed asylum seeker, exposing fatal flaws in the UK's immigration system.

Afghan asylum seeker convicted of teen park rape

An Afghan asylum seeker has been convicted of a horrific sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl in a children's play park, with the judge warning of a substantial custodial sentence for the calculated attack.

Afghan knifeman who attacked toddlers in psychiatric care

An Afghan asylum seeker who launched a frenzied knife attack on young children and their mothers in a French park continues to receive psychiatric treatment as authorities investigate the shocking incident that left a three-year-old fighting for life.

Asylum seeker jailed for smuggling migrants to UK

An Iraqi asylum seeker granted permission to remain in Britain has been sentenced to prison for his role in an organised crime group trafficking migrants across the Channel in dangerous small boat crossings.

UK's £8m daily asylum hotel bill exposes system failure

Exclusive investigation reveals how Britain's broken asylum system is costing taxpayers £8 million daily on hotel accommodation alone, with both Conservative and Labour policies failing to address the deepening crisis.

Home Office Scraps Epping Forest Asylum Hotel Plan

Exclusive: The Home Office's controversial plan to house asylum seekers in an Epping Forest hotel has been abruptly abandoned following intense local opposition and security concerns, revealing deepening challenges in the UK's migrant accommodation crisis

Asylum seeker sex attacker freed by police error

An Ethiopian asylum seeker convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in London was mistakenly released by police due to a catastrophic administrative error, raising serious questions about public safety and border control.

Asylum seeker jailed for flight sex assault on sleeping woman

An asylum seeker has been sentenced to two years in prison after sexually assaulting a sleeping woman during a flight to Manchester. The disturbing incident occurred as the victim slept on a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul.

Failed asylum seeker released after hotel attack

An Eritrean asylum seeker convicted of a violent hotel assault has been released from prison after serving part of his sentence, raising questions about the UK's handling of failed asylum cases.

Sudanese asylum seeker guilty of Westminster Bridge rape

A 25-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker has been found guilty of a brutal sexual assault on Westminster Bridge, just metres from Parliament, in a shocking case that has raised serious questions about public safety.

Asylum seeker denies murder at railway station

A 20-year-old asylum seeker pleads not guilty to murdering Walsall hotel worker Rhiannon Skye Whyte, 21, at a railway station in a case raising questions about the UK's asylum system.

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