British officials say an asylum-seeker on board a barge housing migrants off the south coast of England has died and a police investigation has been launched into the incident.
LONDON (AP) — The British government reportedly proposed processing asylum-seekers on a remote volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean more than 4,000 miles (6,435 kilometers) from the U.K. — a plan that has been derided as inhumane and a “logistical nightmare” by critics. The Fina...
Footage geolocated by CNN shows protesters on Sunday vandalizing and setting ablaze two Holiday Inns in northern England: one in Tamworth, which had previously been criticized by a local politician for housing asylum seekers, and another in Rotherham. In Tamworth, protesters threw projectiles, smash...
Four asylum seekers slept in the woods after returning to their hotel in Rotherham to find rioters smashing its windows and starting fires outside, local security guards have told Sky News. Masked rioters broke into the Holiday Inn Express hotel, which provides accommoda...
Reports on the poor health care services being provided to refugees and asylum seekers in Great Britain despite their entitlement to free treatment. Information on the study results of the Audit Commission; Recommendations of the commission on healthcare delivery.Jones...
The Best Western in Altrincham has been chosen to house nearly 200 migrants after cancelling all of its bookings without warning.
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"I think that Rwanda is capable of hosting the asylum-seekers from the UK," he said. "It is not like the asylum-seekers will be brought and locked up in jail; they will be hosted for as long as they wish to stay; those who don't want to stay will be free to leave." ...
After the the asylum backlog was cut by tens of thousands, those who have been granted refugee status have nowhere to go.
The craft has previously been used to house oil and gas workers, as well as asylum-seekers in other countries, but its capacity was only 222, which has now been more than doubled to 500 through the introduction of bunk beds and conversion of communal rooms. ...