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Europe’s refugee crisis

Europe’s refugee crisis
Starting in 2015, Europe struggled on a large scale to cope with its biggest influx of refugees since the second world war. Hundreds of thousands fled and have been fleeing from the war-torn Middle East and beyond. Many have resorted to risky boat voyages to reach Europe, and thousands have perished in the process.
Former Conservative Party member Robert Jenrick with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Photo: Reuters
Britain

Britain’s surging Reform UK party draws big-name Tory defector

Robert Jenrick joins Nigel Farage’s Reform party as the Conservatives descend into civil war.

Donald Trump

Trump blasts ‘decaying’ and ‘weak’ Europe, pushes Ukraine on elections

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Britain

Illegal migrants to UK face clothing and mouth searches for phones, SIM cards

Britain

UK toughens asylum policy as anti-immigration sentiment rises

Policy overhaul seeks greater control over who can remain in Britain as tens of thousands of people claim asylum.

Migrants in Gravelines, northern France, walk in the water to board a small boat in an attempt to reach Britain. Photo: AP
Britain

UK says it’s ending ‘golden ticket’ for refugees with asylum overhaul

Those given refugee status will have it for 30 months instead of five years, and must wait 20 years to apply to live in the UK long term.

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The Netherlands

Dutch election a nail-biter with far-right and centrists neck-and-neck

Result too close to call in the Netherlands as overseas postal votes might decide the election.

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Crime

UK police arrest asylum seeker sex offender mistakenly freed from prison

Man was captured nearly 48 hours into a manhunt, as Starmer orders an investigation into the ‘embarrassing blunder’.

Demonstrators protest after the mistaken release of an asylum seeker sex offender. Photo: Reuters
European Union

Catherine Connolly wins Ireland’s presidential election in landslide

The left-wing politician’s victory was marred, however, by a record number of spoiled votes.

Britain

UK police search London for asylum seeker after mistaken release

The Ethiopian national was sentenced to 12 months in prison for sexual assault. His arrest in September sparked anti-migrant protests across Britain.

Crime

Algerian woman gets life sentence for rape, torture and murder of French girl

Dahbia Benkired, who killed Lola Daviet, 12, in a case that shocked the country, is the first woman to receive France’s harshest penalty.

Locals lay notes and flowers near a portrait of Lola Daviet in Fouquereuil, France, in October 2022. Photo: AFP
Britain

UK migrant sex offender freed from jail by mistake instead of being deported

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu’s crimes had sparked protests at the hotel where he was housed with other migrants.

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was jailed last month for sexually assaulting a teenage girl and a woman. Photo: Essex police
Crime

UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson back in court over refusal to give phone PIN

Robinson had refused a police order to unlock his phone, claiming it contained videos related to his journalism work.

Keir Starmer

Starmer warns UK Labour is in ‘fight of our lives’ as party meets

The gathering comes amid talk of a possible leadership challenge, with Labour lagging well behind Farage’s anti-immigrant Reform UK party.

Britain

UK to launch mandatory digital ID to curb illegal migration

The plan faced immediate criticism for potentially infringing on civil liberties and failing to deter illegal immigration.

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The UK announced plans for a new nationwide digital ID in a bid to curb illegal migration. Photo: Getty Images
The Netherlands

30 arrested as violent Dutch anti-immigration protesters clash with police

Officers deployed tear gas and a water cannon after demonstrators hurled rocks and bottles, and a police car was set on fire.

A police car is set on fire during the “Stand up for the Netherlands” demonstration in The Hague on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Britain

Starmer says UK will not tolerate racial intimidation after far-right London rally

In his first comments on Saturday’s rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, Starmer also condemned attacks on police officers.

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Britain

Protesters clash with police at 110,000-strong far-right rally in London

Some demonstrators displayed images of Charlie Kirk, the US conservative activist and Trump ally who was killed in Utah this week.

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Britain

Grim night on English Channel as 3 die, 3 go missing trying to cross to UK

The three who died were believed to have been crushed, French officials said, calling it ‘a night unlike any they had seen in months’.

Migrants onboard a smuggler’s boat attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Hardelot in Neufchatel-Hardelot, northern France. Photo: AFP
Britain

Five Eyes meeting to focus on ‘smashing’ people smuggling gangs

The UK will host ministers from allied countries with an aim to boost border security, tackle other crime issues.

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Britain

UK police arrest 5 men at hotel near London during anti-asylum protest

Two groups of protesters marched to the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Heathrow Airport before some masked men tried to break in, police said.

Nigel Farage

UK’s Farage unveils plan to deport asylum seekers, warns of ‘civil disorder’

Reform UK leader proposes repealing human rights laws, as his party claims it could deport 600,000 asylum seekers if it wins power.

Reform UK Nigel Farage poses in front of a screen displaying “deportation departures” at the launch of his party’s plan to deport asylum seekers, at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, Britain on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Britain

Asylum hotel protests continue in UK as government plans new fast-track process

There were 32,059 asylum seekers in UK hotels by the end of June. Labour has promised to end the use of the sites by 2029.

People protest under the Abolish Asylum System slogan outside the Castle Bromwich Holiday Inn in Birmingham, England, UK on Sunday. Photo: PA Wire / dpa
Britain

Protest-hit UK town wins bid to empty asylum-seeker hotel

Protests broke out in Epping in July after an asylum seeker was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl, which he denies.

Britain

280 arrested as UK cracks down on illegal delivery riders

Operation was part of a push by the government to tackle illegal migration, along with new rules for companies to verify workers’ immigration status.

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Britain

UK to begin returning migrants to France under new ‘1 in, 1 out’ deal

The UK government said it was ‘operationally ready’, and migrant detentions are expected to begin ‘within days’.

The number of migrants making the dangerous journey in flimsy dinghies this year crossed 25,000 at the end of July. Photo: AFP
US immigration

Rwanda says reached deal to take up to 250 migrants deported from US

Trump administration is seeking to ramp up removals to third countries, including convicted criminals to South Sudan and eSwatini.

Donald Trump aims to deport millions of immigrants in the US illegally and his administration has sought to ramp up removals to third countries. File photo: US Department of Defence via AFP
Britain

More clashes and arrests at UK immigration protests

Demonstrators calling for mass ‘remigration’ gather in Manchester while in London protesters converge outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Indonesia

After 11 years in Indonesian limbo, Afghan refugee finds a home in Australia

For years, Bibi Rahima Farhangdost was a nursing assistant with no right to work, trapped in limbo with thousands of others.

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