Asylum applications have dropped by a forth within a year, newly published immigration statistics reveal. Meanwhile the backlog in asylum cases increased to a record high, leaving thousands of asylum seekers in limbo. A High Court ruling established that the Home...
An asylum-seeker caught steering a boat across the English Channel was cleared of smuggling charges after spending 17 months in jail. Immigrants and trafficking victims were also detained in solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time in prisons due to Covid-19...
The main outcome of UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s £33.6m investment in border control measures is to fill the pockets of human smugglers operating in northern France. Meanwhile, the situation in France continues to deteriorate, with withdrawal of protection...
As key EU member states reject the idea of entering bilateral readmission agreements with the UK, Home Secretary Priti Patel’s controversial plan to overhaul the asylum system is facing headwind. MPs from across the aisle warn of “inefficient and inhumane” state of...
The Home Office is facing legal action over its provision of “manifestly inadequate” accommodation to asylum-seeking women including women pregnant or with new-born babies. The Royal College of Psychiatrists calls on the government to stop placing vulnerable asylum...