A Sudanese refugee stabbed an immigration officer to death in southern France after learning his asylum request had been rejected. Cyril Pierreval, a 46-year-old father of one, was killed on Friday by a 38-year-old Sudanese knifeman who faced deportation. The migrant attacked the head of the refugee welcome centre in the city of Pau around 11am, … Read more
A Palestinian refugee who went on hunger strike in a bizarre row with the Home Office about his age wants Supreme Court justices to consider his case. The man, who settled in Bristol after fleeing his home in Gaza a decade ago, says he was born on December 29, 1994 and is 26, but immigration … Read more
President Joe Biden unveiled his immigration plan on Thursday, a proposal that offers one of the fastest pathways to citizenship of any measure in recent years. However, the plan doesn’t contain any details on enhanced border security, which past measures have included as a way to win Republican votes. Congressional Democrats released the legislation Thursday on Capitol … Read more
The Border Force chief who was last night accused of causing huge delays at Heathrow Airport by splitting the workforce into ‘rigid and inflexible’ bubbles has landed a senior role with NHS Test and Trace. It is understood that Chief Operating Officer Emma Moore instructed Border Force agents to work in 12-person bubbles at the West … Read more
Quarantine hotels could become Covid infection hotspots due to the type of ventilation systems they use, a hotel group chief has today claimed. Meher Nawab, chief executive of the London Hotel Group, warned airport hotels often rely on central air flow systems – in which air is passed through a centralised unit. He warned this … Read more
Half of Britons fear freedom of speech is ‘under threat’ in the UK as rampant ‘cancel culture’ scares people out of speaking their minds, a poll has found. Some 50 per cent of Britons feel it is harder to share their honest thoughts on controversial topics such as immigration or transgender rights now than it … Read more
Heathrow chiefs warn of quarantine chaos as ‘significant gaps’ remain just hours before travellers are set to be locked in hotels The majority of those required to quarantine will arrive at Heathrow Airport But border staff say they are unaware of exactly what rules they will be enforcing Heathrow bosses say that gaps remain about how … Read more
Somalian double rapist, 49, can stay in UK after winning deportation battle on human rights grounds – as judge says he will face ‘degrading’ treatment in home nation due to his mental health ‘High risk,’ Somalian double rapist and convicted robber allowed to stay in UK The 49-year-old claimed asylum in the UK in 2004 … Read more
Somalian double rapist, 49, can stay in UK after winning deportation battle on human rights grounds – as judge says he will face ‘degrading’ treatment in home nation due to his mental health ‘High risk,’ Somalian double rapist and convicted robber allowed to stay in UK The 49-year-old claimed asylum in the UK in 2004 … Read more
Travellers are expected to have to pay £1,750 to quarantine in a ‘depressing’ three-star Heathrow hotel compared to ‘Fawlty Towers’ when asylum seekers are staying for free in a four-star rival just down the road, MailOnline can reveal today. From Monday people jetting into the UK from 33 ‘red list’ countries will be taken from … Read more