Immigration and asylum
Family of three are first arrivals in UK under ‘one in, one out’ immigration deal | Immigration and asylum
A family of three including a small child have become the first arrivals from France under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal, the Home Office has said. The move follows the removal on Wednesday of the first four asylum seekers from the UK to France over the past six days, despite continuing legal challenges. […]
‘Don’t pay any attention to what Trump says about medicine’, Wes Streeting tells Britons – UK politics live | Politics
Wes Streeting tells Britons ‘don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Trump says about medicine’ Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has urged pregnant women to ignore Donald Trump’s bogus claims about a link between taking paracetamol and autism. Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, Streeting said: I trust doctors over President Trump, frankly, on this. Streeting explained: […]
Reform branded ‘threat to democracy’ over Farage plan to remove thousands of migrants with leave to be in UK – politics live | Politics
Reform branded ‘threat to democracy’ over Farage plan to remove thousands of migrants with leave to be in UK Good morning. Last month Reform UK unveiled its “Operation Restoring Justice” plan for the mass deportation of people living in Britain without permission to be here. It was aimed at illegal immigrants, but Nigel Farage, the […]
Lammy hints at U-turn to allow Palestinian scholars to bring children to UK | Immigration and asylum
David Lammy has hinted that the UK government could U-turn to allow Palestinian scholars to bring their children to the UK. A group of 34 Palestinian students, including Chevening scholars, with places at British universities have been given permission to continue their studies in Britain. But nearly all have been told by the Foreign Office […]
Anti-immigration protesters and counter-protesters clash in Glasgow | Scotland
Anti-immigration protesters have clashed with anti-racist counter-protesters in tense scenes in Glasgow this afternoon, a week after the largest far-right event in decades, organised by the activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, took place in London. The statue of Scottish statesman Donald Dewar, father of the Holyrood parliament, was surrounded by union flags bearing […]
Peter Mandelson unlikely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer says – UK politics live | Politics
Mandelson not likely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer suggests Peter Mandelson is not likely to remain a Labour peer if he returns to the House of Lords, a senior member of the party has predicted. Lord Foulkes, a former MP and minister who has been a member of the […]
Eritrean man is second to be deported to France under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ deal | Immigration and asylum
An Eritrean man has been deported to France under the UK government’s “one in, one out” deal with the neighbouring country. The man – the second to be deported under the agreement – was on a flight that left Heathrow for Paris at 6.15am on Friday, the Home Office confirmed after he lost a […]