Metro

More than 30 migrants managed to travel across the English Channel and get within just two miles of Dover before British rescue and border patrol teams intercepted their small boat. The incident has raised fresh concerns about security in British waters and how migrant boats are being monitored as they...

Carole Malone has strongly criticised the police restrictions introduced in Gosport, Hampshire, arguing that local people are being treated unfairly for protesting about migrant arrivals. Writing in an opinion piece, Malone said she was angry that residents faced restrictions while around 150 migrants were being moved from the area to...

A petition calling for asylum seekers and foreign criminals to be held on remote UK islands has attracted thousands of signatures. The petition argues that people seeking asylum should be housed away from local communities while their applications are being considered. It claims this could help keep the public safe...

A Kurdish Iraqi family seeking asylum in the UK has lost a court case against the Home Office after asking to remain in Oxford rather than being moved to another part of England. The family includes two parents and their three children. They have been living in a small two-bedroom...

A migrant who was deported from the UK to France under the government's "one in, one out" agreement has reportedly returned to Britain by crossing the English Channel in a small boat. The Iranian man first arrived in the UK by small boat on 6 August. After reaching Britain, he...

A 24-year-old Sri Lankan man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia over a Facebook comment that he later deleted and apologised for. Anojan Sivarasa, who is from Sri Lanka but had moved to Saudi Arabia for work, was found guilty of blasphemy against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad....

A man who entered the UK illegally as a teenager and was later given indefinite leave to remain is facing prison after being convicted of terrorism offences. Abdullah Yousef, 24, was found with extremist material on his phone, including a document about homemade explosive belts that prosecutors said could be...

Smuggling gangs trying to move migrants across the English Channel are finding new ways to get large inflatable boats closer to the French coast, investigators have revealed. In one major discovery, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Border Force seized 25 inflatable dinghies at a freight hub at East Midlands...

The small boat crisis continues to cause anger and frustration across the UK, with many people asking the same question: why is Britain still struggling to stop boats carrying migrants across the English Channel? The issue came back into the spotlight after nearly 150 migrants arrived in Hampshire on a...

A Muslim community in a quiet Surrey village has suddenly found itself receiving huge attention online after videos showing its buildings, high fences and security gates spread across social media. More than 100,000 people have reportedly watched clips about the site, which is known as Islamabad and is located in...