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          Refugees

          The latest news and stories on refugees and asylum seekers

          Migrants disembark from a British Border Force vessel in Dover, on the UK's south coast. Reuters

          UK given powers to seize migrants' phones in bid to tackle people smugglers

          UKDecember 02, 2025
          Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood outlines the new reforms to seeking asylum, in the UK Parliament. AFP

          Britain accused of diluting 'proud tradition' of protecting political refugees

          UKNovember 17, 2025
          UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a tougher asylum policy. PA

          UK to impose 20-year wait on asylum seekers seeking permanent stay

          UKNovember 17, 2025
          A family of refugees in rural Aleppo, Syria, are given winter support by UNHCR. UNHCR / Ola Kavalan

          Aid stretched to ‘breaking point’ as refugees face cold winter

          MENANovember 11, 2025
          Migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel, with many boats crammed with more than 80 on board. Reuters

          Mega-dinghy migrant boats carry record numbers across English Channel

          UKOctober 04, 2025
          French police officers stop a group of people wearing lifejackets near a canal in Gravelines, France. PA

          Riot police stop child migrants reaching beach in French town

          EuropeSeptember 30, 2025
          Migrants on a boat off the coast of northern France attempting to cross the English Channel. AFP

          Small boat crossings 'could drop 75% with expanded UK-France deal'

          UKSeptember 17, 2025
          Checks being carried out on lorries at the port of Dover. Getty Images

          Iraqi pair arrested in UK-to-France people smuggling probe

          UKSeptember 10, 2025
          A protester speaks to a police officer duringa demonstration at The Bell Hotel. Reuters

          Hotels can be used to house asylum seekers in UK after government wins appeal

          UKAugust 29, 2025
          Police officers outside The Bell Hotel, in Essex, which is at the centre of the legal battle. PA Wire

          Asylum seeker hotel policy trumps local objections, UK government tells court

          USAugust 28, 2025
          Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announces plans to deport failed asylum seekers. Getty Images

          'Deportation command' could remove 600,000 illegal immigrants, UK party says

          UKAugust 26, 2025
          Afghans who fled their homeland arriving at the UK's RAF Brize Norton in 2021. Reuters

          London must show it still has a moral dimension to its asylum policies

          CommentAugust 26, 2025
          A protester speaks to police at an anti-immigration demonstration in Epping, east of London. Reuters

          UK PM facing mounting discontent over asylum hotels and small boat crossings

          UKAugust 25, 2025
          A child asylum seeker after arriving at the port of Dover in the UK. PA

          UK plans to use AI to determine ages of child asylum seekers

          UKAugust 14, 2025
          Migrants coming ashore at Dover after being picked up from a small boat in the English Channel. Some can now be returned to France under the new arrangement. PA Wire

          UK ready to return migrants to France as 'one-in, one-out' deal comes into force

          UKAugust 05, 2025
          UK National Crime Agency officers with security forces in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region to target UK-linked people smugglers. Photo: NCA

          UK to recruit hundreds of officers to smash Kurdish smuggling gangs

          UKAugust 04, 2025
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