UK: Latest Home Office Data Reveals Record-breaking Backlog and Increased Spending Amid New Plans to Expand Detention Spaces & Unpractical Promises to Stop the Boats
Home Office latest data on the UK asylum system shows that the vast majority of asylum applicants are granted protection and the backlog is reaching a new record level amid plans to tag new arrivals due to a lack of detention spaces. The government is planning to...
UK: Passage of “Illegal Migration Bill” Sparks Outrage, “Unfair” Policy Announced to Raise Public Sector Pay by Increasing Immigration Visa Applications Amid New Plans to House Asylum Seekers in Prison-Like Accommodation
The “senselessly cruel Act” called “Illegal Migration Bill” has passed all stages in the Parliament and received the Royal Assent amid outrage and concerns by refugee rights organisations. The British government has been criticized after announcing “unfair” plans to...
EU Eastern Borders: 4 Million People from Ukraine Granted Temporary Protection in Europe, Lithuania Beefs Up Deployment of Border Guards in Response to Risk of “Illegal Migration”, Hundreds of People Stuck at Belarus Border with Poland Where Even Opposition Adopts Anti-Migration Rhetoric
According to Eurostat, more than 4 million people fleeing Ukraine have received temporary protection in Europe, with Germany and Poland as the main hosts. Lithuania increased security at the border with Belarus ahead of NATO summit, partly in reference to an alleged...