Immigration control is at the heart of this month's (May) UK election. Tory leader Michael Howard--himself the grandson of an illegal immigrant--has attempted to woo the electorate with vows to be tougher on immigration than Prime Minister Tony Blair.Olden, Mark...
Since the beginning of this year, the UK government has accelerated its efforts to combat illegal immigration. Data released on January 2, 2024, shows that the number of illegal immigrant boats arriving in the UK decreased by 36% compared to last year, with 112,000 asylum applications processed...
Immigration solicitor Sophie Lucas, of Duncan Lewis Solicitors, adds that the estate would have to expand around "four-fold" to be able to house the numbers that would be detained - with each 28-day stay costing around £3,000 per person according to Home Office statistics. She adds: "I...
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OFSI has issued a monetary penalty to a property management for breaches of the financial sanctions regime imposed on Russia in response to its illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. As a result of these breaches, OFSI imposed a penalty of £15,000. The company did not challenge the penalty...
LONDON — Ofcom, the U.K.’s media regulator, was chosen last year by the government as the regulator in charge of policing harmful and illegal content on the internet under strict new online safety regulations. But even as online disinformation related to stabbings in the U.K. has led...
On social media, Sunak urged lawmakers to support "the toughest ever anti-illegal immigration legislation." "This bill will allow us to control who comes into this country – not criminal gangs or foreign courts," he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "To stop th...
A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with small boat crossings. The man, who claimed to be an Iraqi national, was arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration to the UK early on Sunday. He was arrested in Preston as part of an ongoing NCA investigation into two ...
Massive immigration of Catholics and Jews from eastern and southern Europe led to fears among Protestants. The Great Migration of African Americans to the North stoked racism by whites in Northern industrial cities; thus the second Klan would achieve its greatest political power not in any Southern...
There has been much concern about the use of the term “illegal arrival” as per the 2022 Nationality and Borders Act. Anyone guilty of “facilitation” (which includes steering a boat) is liable to up to life imprisonment, and cases have been reported of this happening. Since the Act came...