Refugees

The government is reportedly looking to ban social care workers from bringing their families with them to work in the UK. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty/Adobe

Social care system 'would collapse' if migrants' families are banned

Rishi Sunak has pledged to 'stop the boats' as part of his government promises - the Illegal Migration Bill has now passed through the upper house, with the controversial bill now set to become law. (Credit: Getty Images)

What does the Rwanda ruling mean for Rishi Sunak - what happens next?

Experts have offered Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman an alternative to their "impractical" Rwanda deportation scheme as they insist that there are more "humane" ways to deal with the UK's asylum seeker crisis. Credit: Getty Images

How to tackle the asylum seeker crisis, according to experts

Asylum seekers wearing life jackets sit in a dinghy as they cross the English Channel from France to Britain on 15 March, 2022. Credit: Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP via Getty Images

British public hugely overestimates how many asylum seekers come to UK

Matthew Robinson - Muhammad Abdul Mateen - has written 104 In The Shade, relating his experiences as a humanitarian filmmaker October 2023

Former reality TV editor swaps Towie for refugee camps

Illegal Migration Act 2023: Suella Braverman to appeal 'outdated' 1951 UN Refugee Convention - what is it?

Explainer Suella Braverman calls for UN Refugee Convention reform - what is it?

Suella Braverman has hit out at the UN Refugee Convention. Credit: Getty

Braverman says multiculturalism has failed in anti-immigration speech

New stained glass windows are installed that have replaced a set that honoured the slave trader Edward Colston.

Church replaces stained glass window of slave trader Edward Colston

A view of the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port on July 21, 2023 in Portland, England. Credit: Andrew Matthews - Pool/Getty Images

Asylum seekers say ‘terrifying’ Bibby Stockholm caused suicide attempt

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has overseen the asylum backlog reach record levels. Credit: Kim Mogg/PA/Getty

Asylum backlog hits record levels with concern as withdrawals spike

A general view of the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset, which will house up to 500 Asylum seekers. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Home Office ‘knew about’ Legionella when migrants boarded barge

Some fictional destinations would be a better option than the places the government is currently considering. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

From Lost to Atlantis, where else might ministers panic-send refugees?

Bibby Stockholm

What to expect when checking into the Bibby Stockholm in Dorset

Introducing a new visa for asylum seekers fleeing war and persecution would help tackle small boats crossings, a UK refugee charity has said. Credit: DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images

A UK ‘refugee visa’ would tackle small boats crossings, says charity

Migrants packed tightly onto a small inflatable boat attempt to cross the English Channel near the Dover Strait, the world’s busiest shipping lane, on September 07, 2020 off the coast of Dover, England. Credit: Luke Dray/Getty Images

Explainer Illegal Migration Bill: MPs reject House of Lords amendments

Rishi Sunak has pledged to 'stop the boats' as part of his government promises - the Illegal Migration Bill has now passed through the upper house, with the controversial bill now set to become law. (Credit: Getty Images)

Illegal Migration Bill to become law after challenges crushed

Former prime minister Theresa May speaking in the House of Commons, London, during the consideration of the Lords amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill. Picture date: Tuesday July 11, 2023. Credit: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Theresa May warns Illegal Migration Bill ‘undoes’ modern slavery laws

Spanish search and rescue teams have been searching for around 300 missing people who are believed to have been travelling from Senegal to Spain on three boats. (Credit: Getty Images)

Spanish authorities launch rescue after Senegal boats reported missing

About fourty migrants, fom various origins, board an inflatable boat before they attempt to cross the Channel illegally to Britain, near the northern French city of Gravelines on July 11, 2022. (Photo by Denis Charlet / AFP) (Photo by DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Dozens missing after boat carrying migrants sinks near Canary Islands

Photo issued by UK Parliament of Home Secretary Suella Braverman delivering a statement on illegal migration in the House of Commons, London. Credit: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor /PA Wire

Cost of Illegal Migration Bill is ‘unknown’, admits Braverman

Tens of thousands of migrants or refugees have entered Europe by sea or land since the start of the year. Image: NationalWorld

Explainer 7 charts showing how the UK’s small boat crisis compares to Europe

A view of the scene outside the Comfort Inn hotel on Belgrave Road in Pimlico, central London, where the Home Office have reportedly asked a group of refugees to be accommodated four to a room. (Photo: James Manning/PA Wire)

Dozens of refugees ‘left on the streets’ in Westminster for two nights

Amir Safi, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, who reportedly took his own life after he was rejected refugee status by the Home Office. Photo: Credit: photo provided by Shukrullah Ludin.

Asylum seeker ‘took his own life after being denied refugee status’

Deterrence policies will never solve the asylum seeker crisis, refugee charities have warned, as they urged the government to re-consider its approach to tackling illegal migration. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Deterrence policies will never solve the asylum crisis, charities warn

Refugee charities have condemned the UK’s asylum system as “devastating” as new figures reveal the backlog in processing claims has hit a record high. Credit: Getty Images

Charities say record high asylum backlog is ‘devastating’ for refugees

Napier Barracks in Folkestone. Credit: Getty

New asylum housing plan puts refugees at ‘great risk’, charities warn

RAF Scampton, in Lincoln. The local council has lost first round of a legal fight over plans to house asylum-seekers at the ex-RAF base (Photo: PA)

Council loses bid to pause asylum seeker housing at RAF Scampton

Archbishop Justin Welby has said that Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s plans to ‘stop the boats’ has “too many problems for one speech.” Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Archbishop of Canterbury tears into Illegal Migration Bill

Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Analysis Fact check: can refugees from Sudan apply for asylum in the UK?

“Vulnerable” asylum seekers will no longer be protected under the government’s Illegal Migration Bill, an immigration lawyer has warned. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Pregnant women would be detained under Illegal Migration Bill - expert

Rwanda is not a safe third country, the Court of Appeal has been told, as the UK Government faces legal challenges over its plans to deport refugees to the nation in east Africa. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Rwanda not safe for asylum seekers with ‘risk of torture’, court told

Ministers have pledged to ensure refugee children will only be detained in the UK in “exceptional” circumstances - and only deported to another country in “very limited” ones. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

UK will only detain and deport child refugees in ‘exceptional’ cases

The Death of Stalin, Servant of the People, and Chernobyl were all filmed in Ukraine

Ukrainian cinema: 5 movies and shows shot in Kyiv, including Chernobyl

Mexican soldiers stand outside an immigration station in Ciudad Juarez, where at least 39 people were killed and dozens injured in a fire (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Head of Mexican immigration agency to be charged after deadly fire

The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge is a 222 bedroom, three-storey vessel, which can house up to 506 people. The Home Office has leased it to house asylum seekers (Photo: PA)

Government leases barge to house 500 asylum seekers off Dorset coast

The Red Cross and other charities have slammed the government plans. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Refugees will be left traumatised living at army bases - Red Cross

A member of Border Force staff assists an Afghan refugee on her arrival at Heathrow Airport, London, following an evacuation flight from Afghanistan on August 26, 2021. Credit: Getty Images

Afghan refugees who fled Taliban given 3 months to vacate hotels in UK

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman walk with police Sergeant Sophie Chesters and police Sergeant Matt Collins during a visit to Chelmsford. Credit: JACK HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

‘Refugees should be allowed’: Sunak and Braverman heckled on walkabout

Refugees who complained about poor conditions in UK asylum accommodation have been “threatened” with being sent to Rwanda, a new report has revealed. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Asylum seekers who complain about conditions ‘threatened with Rwanda’

Calls to end asylum outsourcing as private firm’s profits boom to £34m

Home Secretary Suella Braverman tours a building site on the outskirts of Kigali during her visit to Rwanda, to see the houses being constructed to potentially house deported migrants from the UK. Picture date: Saturday March 18, 2023. Credit: PA

Braverman’s asylum plans would bar 45,000 children from refugee status

Fire at the Angel Inn hotel in Midhurst. Picture: PA

‘Significant’ fire engulfs hotel housing ‘Ukrainian refugees’

UK’s Rwanda deportation plan ‘fails to meet international standards’

Rishi Sunak has “pushed the boundaries of international law” with legislation to tackle small boat crossings of the Channel (Photo: PA)

Sunak’s small boats plans ‘push boundaries of international law’

Thousands have been left without shelter after a fire tore through the Rohingya Kutupalong refugee camp (Photos: Adobe Stock and Google)

Explainer Thousands of Rohingyas left without shelter after refugee camp blaze

Thousands of migrants have crossed the English Channel since 2018 (Image: Kim Mogg / Getty)

Explainer 5 charts showing the scale of the small boats crisis

Sadiq Khan has announced funding for up to 600 new homes in London for refugees (Photo: PA)

Sadiq Khan announces 600 new homes for Ukrainian and Afghan refugees

Oksana and her son Tymur moved to the UK, while her husband Vlad remained in Ukraine. (Credit: Oksana Yarova)

Ukrainian refugee on how life has changed over the past 12 months

There are “serious flaws” in the Home Office’s plans to cut the asylum backlog, refugee charities have warned. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Home Office plans to cut asylum backlog ‘unfair’ and ‘unreasonable’

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the UK since the start of the war.

Ukraine Russia war one year on – what happened to Ukrainian refugees

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The reason Bafta red carpet stars were seen sporting blue ribbons

Cate Blanchett is a UNHCR Goodwill ambassador (Pic:Getty)

What does the Bafta blue ribbon mean on the red carpet?

Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper have been Labour Party colleagues as well as husband and wife (image: Getty Images)

Ed Balls reveals he is sharing house with Ukrainian refugee family

A burnt out police van after a demonstration outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley, Merseyside. Picture: PA

Man charged over violent protest outside Merseyside asylum hotel

Over 175 children missing from Home Office-run hotels on South coast

The Swimmers is the true story of two refugee sisters

Is Netflix’s The Swimmers a true story? Real events movie is based on