Immigration News
- Pulse Cares: Challenges of Nigerian immigrants no one talks about 20 May 2022 12:18 The face of racism between 2018-2022 In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, the world was reminded that in life or death scenarios, African’s are damned. A Nigerian medical student who recently fled the Russian invasion, Jessica Orakpo, says she and other …
- ‘Like going back in time’: Windrush victim told to send selfies to DWP or lose universal credit 19 May 2022 07:53 A Windrush scandal victim has been told she will be stripped of her welfare benefits unless she sends the government photographs of herself to prove she lives in the UK. Glenda Caesar, 61, one of thousands of Commonwealth nationals who were wrongly …
- Brexit LIVE: Britain set to 'feed WORLD' as new breakthrough to cripple Putin's war plot 19 May 2022 07:43 The government has been slammed as new data reveals that visas issued to immigrants from outside the EU reached record highs in 2021. Home Office figures show that 843,538 non-EU migrants were granted visas to live, work and study in Britain last year. …
- Refugees Minister Refuses To Back The Government's Rwanda Asylum Plan 17 May 2022 13:16 The minister responsible for refugees has refused to endorse the government’s controversial plan to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda.Lord Harrington repeatedly dodged the question while being interviewed on Times radio.The government was hit by a furious …
- Fact Check: No, Nigerian smugglers are not the reason SA IDs are not considered secure, terrorists are 16 May 2022 21:08 A social media account supposedly linked to the anti-immigrant lobby group, Operation Dudula has alleged that Nigerian smugglers using fake South African identification documents have placed citizens under scrutiny when applying for visas. Briefly News …
- Hundreds take to the streets to oppose police immigration raid in Hackney, London 16 May 2022 19:52 Hundreds of people resisted violent attempts by London’s Metropolitan Police to carry out an anti-immigration raid in the east London borough of Hackney Saturday evening. Tensions had already flared as police massed in the area during the day and …
- News24.com | 'No substantial grounds': Johnson's administration doubts Rwandans being deported will face abuse back home 16 May 2022 18:42 Rwanda is to receive 50 refugees in a fortnight before a meeting of Commonwealth heads. Boris Johnson calls them "illegal entrants into this country". Human Rights Watch raises concern about the rights of the LGBTI community and history of …
- 'I fled war in Iran and lived off £5.33 a day in London. Now I help other kids seeking asylum' 16 May 2022 09:53 A man who had no-one to support him when he came to London to seek asylum is now helping unaccompanied children and under 18s. Ali Ghaderi says he knows how it feels to be in their position. Ali is part of a project called Our Second Home which means he …
- Asian voices are being heard in UK elections 15 May 2022 20:39 While support for the Conservatives in the Indian community increased, it saw a decline in support from the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities in the recent elections Photo: AFP By Prasun Sonwalkar Published: Sun 15 May 2022, 11:20 PM Elections at the …
- 50 Illegal Immigrants in UK Told They May Be Sent to Rwanda 14 May 2022 14:43 Fifty people who entered the UK illegally have become the first group to be notified of the government’s intention to send them to Rwanda, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. They were told to produce legal representation within two weeks or be …
- US snooped on British journalist Guardian 14 May 2022 11:11 The news outlet is outraged it wasn?t notified about a Department of Justice probe into its reporter The US Department of Justice secretly subpoenaed the personal phone account data of a Guardian reporter during an investigation into leaks regarding the …
- US snooped on UK reporter – Guardian 13 May 2022 18:29 The news outlet is outraged it wasn’t notified about a Department of Justice probe into their reporter The US Department of Justice secretly subpoenaed the personal phone account data of a Guardian reporter during an investigation into leaks regarding the …
- Illiberal democracy has taken on epidemic proportions 11 May 2022 22:36 Politics in the 2020s is much stranger than fiction. This week, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son of the infamous dictator of the Philippines deposed more than three decades ago after millions took to the streets of Manila to protest corruption, looked set to win …
- Immigration is being reset back to where we started 11 May 2022 22:27 ANALYSIS “I think the minister just needs to finally acknowledge that all of this ideology around the immigration reset is just being undermined with every decision they make,” ACT’s immigration spokesperson James McDowall says. McDowall is saying that …
- Teenager who made it to London after trying to cross channel 20 times in a dinghy terrified of being sent to Rwanda 11 May 2022 16:36 A teenager has spoken out about recent Home Office plans to send immigrants to Rwanda, which have left him shattered and unable to rebuild his life. Deen* arrived to London in January this year after his family was killed in Afghanistan. The 18-year-old …
- Boris Johnson criticised for saying male refugees are ‘queue jumping’ ahead of women and children 11 May 2022 14:00 Andy Hewett, head of advocacy at the Refugee Council, told The Big Issue: “This is misleading for several reasons. There is no ‘queue’ for these people to jump – the vast majority will have no other way to come to the UK and claim asylum. It is completely …
- Letters: End this myth that the Scots think differently from the English 11 May 2022 05:26 ANDY Stenton (Letters, May 10) criticises Anas Sarwar for opposing Scotland leaving the UK, but praises Sinn Fein – formerly the political wing of the IRA – for wanting a united Ireland. So Irish unity is good but British unity is bad. The Labour Party was …
- Asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda for ‘spending a couple of weeks in Brussels’ on way to Britain 10 May 2022 18:40 Asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda for “spending a couple of weeks in Brussels staying with friends” while journeying to the UK, or for being found with foreign receipts and train tickets in their pockets. Home Office guidance – made public following …
- Critics hit out at Government’s Rwanda plans over human rights concerns 10 May 2022 18:23 Campaigners have said the Government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda has “no place” in the UK’s asylum system after assessments raised human rights concerns. The Home Office set out more detail on its policy in a series of documents, after confirming it …
- Child asylum seekers are 'fleeing London out of fear of being sent to Rwanda' 10 May 2022 15:27 A refugee has spoken out about children living in asylum seeker accommodation, and how they are being instilled with fear amid Priti Patel's plans to start notifying people of deportation to Rwanda this week. Human rights activist William Gomes says he …
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