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UK police to work with North African counterparts in migration crackdown
UK police will work with authorities in North Africa to prevent migrants leaving for Europe this summer, The Times reported on Monday.
The move, which will see officers from the National Crime Agency operate in Tunisia, Algeria and…
UK launches ad drive to deter Albanian migrants
The UK Home Office is launching an advertising campaign to discourage Albanian migrants from traveling to Britain illegally via small boats.
The scheme, which will use Facebook and Instagram, is the latest attempt by British authorities…
UK royal family won’t return remains of Ethiopian prince
Buckingham Palace on Tuesday said it has declined a request from the family of a 19th century Ethiopian prince to repatriate his remains.
Prince Alemayehu was captured aged seven by the British Army and taken to England in 1868, arriving…
Iranian embassy siege commando dies
A former UK Special Air Service soldier who took part in the 1980 storming of the Iranian embassy in London has died.
Mel Parry, who served nearly 20 years in the SAS, was one of a team of 32 commandos who rescued 26 people from the…
UK Home Office denies allegations of abuse of asylum-seekers at hotels
The UK Home Office has refuted allegations of harassment, humiliation and abuse of asylum-seekers staying at hotels in and around Liverpool.
On Saturday, accusations were made against staff of Home Office subcontractor Serco of creating…
Archbishop to lead charge against UK immigration bill
The Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to introduce a series of amendments in the House of Lords to the UK government’s Illegal Migration Bill, as Tory MPs urge the prime minister to “get a grip” on the number of people entering the…
London mayor says death threats left him with PTSD
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said that dealing with the aftermath of disasters and receiving death threats since taking office have left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Khan described it…
Two gang members jailed in UK for smuggling 41 Syrian migrants
Mohamed Awad and Ahmad Omar, two members of an organized crime group who smuggled over 40 Syrian migrants into the UK, have been jailed.
The defendants both pleaded guilty to assisting unlawful immigration.
Awad, aged 25, of London,…
First UK-UAE Strategic Dialogue held in London
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, UAE’s minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, met the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly on Monday for the inaugural UK-UAE Strategic…
UK to trial fast-track asylum process for Iraqis and Iranians
The UK Home Office is to fast-track the asylum applications of more than 20,000 people from Iraq and Iran in an effort to fulfill a pledge by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to clear a substantial backlog of more than 90,000 claims.
A leaked…