A GROUP of Romanian migrants who reportedly slept rough inside abandoned vehicles in London for eight years have been evicted. Officers cleared the camp out from Peckham, south-east London, on Tuesday and removed 28 illegal motors. No arrests were made but police said 14 migrants had agreed to return to Romania. The migrants...
An unprecedented operation by the Italian Navy is under way off the coast of Libya to recover the wreck of a migrant boat that sank in April last year — leading to the deaths of up to 700 migrants, the largest single loss of life in the Mediterranean in decades. Only 28 people survived the sinking on the night of 18 April...
Greece has begun evacuating thousands of stranded migrants from the makeshift Idomeni camp on its northern border with Macedonia. The operation began at dawn and witnesses reported police vehicles and buses standing by to transfer people to better organised facilities. Riot police have been deployed but officials say...
STAYING in the European Union means "unlimited immigration" into Britain will continue, a veteran Labour MP has said. Frank Field, who backs Brexit, told voters they will deciding on the UK's "destiny" when they go to the ballot box on June 23. The outspoken MP for Birkenhead said: "A vote to...
REJECTED Albanian asylum seekers touched down on home turf today after being booted out of Europe by Dutch officials. Thirty people who were trafficked into the Netherlands were forced out after being told by the Government they had ‘no chance’ of getting asylum. The Dutch embassy in Tirana said 500 Albanians have...
Greek judges have ruled that a Syrian asylum seeker should not be sent back to Turkey because it is not safe. Amnesty International campaigners say the decision throws the EU-Turkey migrant deal into doubt. They say migrants in Turkey do not have basic human rights and many are at risk of being taken to Syria. A source at the...
When Australia's immigration minister spoke out about the level of literacy and numeracy among migrants late on Tuesday, he was addressing what has become one of the hot potatoes of this election season. With the build-up to the 2 July vote now in full swing, Peter Dutton responded to proposals by the opposition Labor party...
MASS immigration is costing British taxpayers £17billion a year, a bombshell report warned last night. But it said the UK could save £1.2billion by quitting the EU. A detailed study of the costs of migration to Britain set against its benefits showed an overwhelmingly negative impact on the Treasury. The...
ANGELINA JOLIE has been criticised for giving a speech at a special event organised by the BBC in which claimed "fear of migration" could threaten world peace. The Hollywood star claimed on Monday there was a "race to the bottom" between European nations to reintroduce border controls as the continent...
U.S. immigration officials are planning a month-long series of raids in May and June to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children found to have entered the country illegally, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters. The operation would likely be the largest deportation sweep targeting...
A CABINET minister and champion of women's rights has condemned a Muslim community group for suggesting women must be accompanied by men on long journeys. International Development Secretary Justine Greening urged the Blackburn Muslim Association to "publicly withdraw" the "disgraceful" online comments...
A WOMAN punched a migrant in the face when she was attacked at a bus stop. The Algerian sex attacker was arrested in hospital after his female victim hit back, leaving him with a broken nose. The 35-year-old had pounced on the young woman early in the morning as she waited for a bus in the Austrian city of Linz. But he had not...