Sri Lankan asylum seeker family stuck on Christmas Island as youngest girl evacuated to hospital

Fresh pain for Sri Lankan asylum seeker family stuck in detention on Christmas Island as daughter, three, is evacuated to Perth hospital with a blood infection after 10 days in agony Youngest daughter of asylum seeker family is evacuated to a Perth hospital Three-year-old Tharnicaa is being held with her family on Christmas Island She developed … Read more

Biden deploys controversial facial-recognition app to track asylum seekers

Kamala Harris’s team is trying to distance the vice president from the border crisis after ‘panicking’ when she was given the assignment by President Biden, according to a new report. Harris is due to travel to Guatemala and Mexico next week as part of her role in leading diplomatic efforts to reduce immigration from Central … Read more

Asylum seeker describes staying in Welsh detention camp as the ‘worst experience of my life’

An asylum seeker who fled gang violence and kidnap in his home country has described being housed in military barracks in the UK as ‘the worst experience of my life’. Eduardo was forced to flee from his home country of El Salvador, after being kidnapped by gangsters. When arriving in the UK, he was housed … Read more

Nigel Farage trolled on Cameo as user asks him to congratulate migrant for being granted asylum

Nigel Farage is trolled on Cameo as Twitter user asks him to congratulate migrant for being granted asylum in UK after crossing Channel by boat Syrian activist and refugee Hassan Akkad sent Farage the request on Cameo just days after the former politician launched account with the messaging platform Mr Farage reportedly refused request replying … Read more

UK took 900 asylum seekers from EU countries last year… but only 100 went the other way 

UK took 900 asylum seekers from EU countries last year… but only 100 went the other way Britain took in 882 asylum seekers from the EU’s member states last year 105 were transferred out of Britain to EU countries under rules from Brussels More than 7,000 failed asylum seekers made fresh claims in the UK … Read more

Number of migrants given asylum in UK fell by more than half in 2020, new figures show

The UK granted asylum or offered some form of protection to almost 10,000 people last year – falling by more than half that of 2019, new figures show. Protection in the form of asylum, humanitarian protection, alternative forms of leave and resettlement was offered to 9,936 people in 2020, said the Home Office. This figure … Read more

Haunting images reveal dark history of a segregated mental asylum in Virginia

Creepy images reveal the dark history of a segregated, abandoned mental asylum where black patients were sterilized without consent – the first facility of its kind in America. Urban explorer and photographer Leland Kent of Abandoned Southeast took pictures of the sprawling grounds and central brick building of what was known as the ‘Central Lunatic … Read more

Crowne Plaza two miles from Heathrow is home to 400 asylum seekers

Hundreds of asylum seekers are being housed at a large hotel near Heathrow as the Government struggles to find accommodation for passengers forced to quarantine after arriving from virus hotspots. Ministers have so far failed to secure a single room for the scheme – intended to prevent deadly new strains of Covid-19 spreading in Britain. … Read more

Asylum seekers at ex-Army barracks forced to share rooms with positive Covid patients

Asylum seekers at a coronavirus-hit army barracks are being forced to share rooms with those who test positive, it has been claimed.  Napier Barracks in Kent has been used to house about 400 asylum seekers since September last year, despite concerns over conditions.  Over the weekend, it emerged that a coronavirus outbreak had been recorded … Read more

Row over planned asylum seeker camps with no electricity or water

MPs have clashed over proposed changes to the UK asylum system due to coming into force next year.  Several ‘camps’ lacking mains electricity and water are to be created to house asylum seekers, according to a Conservative former immigration minister. Caroline Nokes warned the Home Office’s proposed changes coming into force on January 1 ‘have … Read more