Libya expels 600 Nigeriens in ‘dangerous and traumatising’ desert journey
Largest known deportation of people back to Niger to date comes as EU is accused of outsourcing cruelty to reduce Mediterranean crossings More than 600...
Category : Immigration and asylum
Labour government discussed Tanzania asylum camp plan in 2004, files show
Newly released files show proposals to divert £2m – earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa – to fund scheme Tony Blair’s government discussed diverting £2m...
Europe has questions to answer over migrant abuse in Tunisia, say MEPs and activists
EU Commission says it will be sending independent observers to the country to investigate allegations of human rights violations The European Commission can no longer...
Indonesians who paid thousands to work on UK farm sacked within weeks
Exclusive: Several sent home for slow fruit picking face debts as watchdog investigates alleged illegal fees Indonesian workers who paid thousands of pounds to travel...
Syrian asylum seeker in UK says he ‘lost everything’ after Rwanda roundup
People held before planned removal from UK under Sunak government face disruption and relocation after release UK politics live – latest updates A Syrian asylum...
More than £320m spent on Rwanda policy will be lost if Tories lose election
Costs of trying to deport asylum seekers cannot be recovered if Labour wins and disbands policy More than £320m spent by the government on the...
African and Asian artists condemn ‘humiliating’ UK and EU visa refusals
‘Unfair’ rejection rates of up to 70% harm cultural diversity and create a ‘global apartheid’, say promoters and musicians Musicians, authors, producers and festival managers...
Moroccan authorities pushed asylum seekers into ‘death trap’, NGO claims
Border Forensics say dozens of deaths in 2022 at EU’s Melilla border was result of antagonistic security policy Moroccan authorities took a series of fateful...
Children trapped in war zones because of UK refusal to ease refugee visa rules
‘Abject failure’ of family reunion scheme to provide legal route is leaving children at risk of trafficking or even death Children are being trapped in...
Conflicts drive number of forcibly displaced people to record high
Sharp rise, equivalent to population of London, means nearly 120 million have been driven from their homes The number of people forced out of their...
