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Appeal to landlords for more properties to house rising number crossing in small boats The Home Office has launched a drive for landlords to house asylum seekers following a surge in Channel migrant crossings. Serco, one of three private contractors working for the Home Office, is offering landlords five-year guaranteed full rent deals to house asylum seekers at […]

A man has died trying to cross the English Channel, Kent Police says. The RNLI said it had launched its all-weather lifeboat and a group of people were brought to Dover in a Border Force boat on Friday morning. In a statement, the RNLI said: “Dover RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was tasked by HM Coastguard at

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – More than 1,300 cases of suffocation were reported across three southern Iraqi provinces on Monday, according to health officials, as a severe dust storm has swept through the region. The highest number of cases was recorded in Basra, with 749 people affected. Diwaniyah followed with 350 cases, and Najaf reported over

The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel has reached a new record for the first four months of the year. Some 656 people arrived in 11 small boats on Saturday, taking the total number of people crossing in 2025 so far to 8,064, according to provisional Home Office figures.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s Central Bank announced it will offer low-interest loans for people and businesses wanting to install solar panels, as part of government efforts to reduce emissions and promote renewable energy, according to a letter sent to its licensed banks on Wednesday. Under the new guidelines, as seen by Rudaw, banks will

Police officers smash through the back doors of a bright, modern barber shop in the market town of Shrewsbury. Inside they immediately detain two men – who we are later told are Kurdish asylum seekers. Both men are later released. It is the first of six raids that day where police seize thousands of pounds

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region Interior Minister Rebar Ahmed attended the Border Security Summit in London on Monday to discuss combating organized immigration crime, particularly human trafficking and illegal migration. “At the official invitation of the UK Interior Ministry, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Interior Minister Rebar Ahmed has arrived in Britain to participate

People smugglers have exploited “fragmented” policing, border force and intelligence agencies to smuggle thousands of illegal migrants into the UK, the prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said poor organisation had meant the UK was “a soft touch” on illegal migration, which smugglers took as an “open invitation”. The prime minister made the case

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Seven people from the Kurdistan Region who unsuccessfully tried to reach European shores through Libya will arrive in Baghdad on Saturday, Iraq’s acting ambassador to Tripoli told Rudaw. “We have completed the voluntary repatriation procedures for seven Iraqi citizens in Libya who were trying to reach Europe through illegal means,” Ahmed

by Mihnea Cuibus & Peter William Walsh A person who does not have the right to reside in the UK may be liable for removal – also known as return – from the UK. The government has pledged to increase the number of migrants being returned. This briefing note examines why returns declined during the 2010s, why they