All news on the topic: Asylum Seekers

A rioter who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years - the joint longest sentence passed down so far for the nationwide disorder over the summer.

Home secretary says £700m scheme did not result in a single deportation or stop any boats crossing the Channel

An asylum seeker who was allowed to stay in the UK – after several attempts to deport him – has been jailed for more than 10 years after he raped a 15-year-old girl.

Pregnant woman among those killed in ‘horrifying’ incident as charities call on government to establish safe routes

Fifteen people forced to flee hours after erecting makeshift camp as tents reportedly slashed and thrown in river

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill has finally passed through the Lords - but what happens next? The Mirror looks at when flights will get off the ground, how much it will cost and whether the plan will work

A victim of sex trafficking and slavery has lived in the UK for several years and gave birth to her daughter here - but now faces being deported to Rwanda by the Home Office

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said the asylum system needs rebuilding with "compassion, dignity and fairness", adding that migrants should be allowed to work from day one in the UK

Home Office figures show 434 Americans have applied for asylum in the UK in the past decade, with one in seven being granted refugee status or similar protections

Government contractor Mitie, which runs immigration detention centres, is hiring “use of force instructors” to force asylum-seekers on to planes bound for Rwanda

The Prime Minister was accused of telling a 'barefaced lie' when he tweeted that the asylum backlog had been cleared as figures show thousands are still waiting

Leonard Farruku was being treated “like an animal” on Bibby Stockholm before his death, his sister claims, and his death caused great distress among the other asylum seekers on the barge

The fire at Ross Lake House in Ireland broke out at approximately 11:35pm last night, just days before it was due to accommodate 70 asylum seekers

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed she and Rishi Sunak reached an agreement on policies to limit net migration in the run-up to him becoming Prime Minister last autumn, including on a £40,000 minimum salary

The Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference to announce plans for emergency legislation in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that the Rwanda plan is unlawful

February 24 has been earmarked as the date when a plane carrying asylum seekers who have reached the UK will depart for the Rwandan capital Kigali, it has emerged

Lawyer James Elliott read out a chilling letter received by his office which threatened to "deal with" those who assist asylum seekers - saying someone will be killed if politicians don't dial down hate speech

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings

Keir Starmer called for MI5 and European spy agencies to work closer together, with inflatable boats "effectively made to order" and said the Tories have only offered "gimmicks"

Data from the Home Office shows a massive 175,457 people were waiting for an initial decision on an application at the end of June - a 44% rise from 122,213 a year earlier

An unnamed man ended up struggling in the water in a hydro power house in Derby, before a group of brave asylum seekers leapt into action to save him and carry him to safety

The government's latest attempt to house asylum seekers and deter small boats is the 10,659-ton Bibby Stockholm barge, docked off shore at Portland Port with the first 15 people moving aboard this week

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden lashed out at the Fire Brigades Union after it raised safety fears about the Bibby Stockholm, currently moored on the Isle of Portland

The warning comes from the Local Government Association as it prepares for its annual conference in Bournemouth, and as the UK is gripped by an 'acute' housing shortage