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Countries that refuse to take back rejected asylum seekers from the UK could face visa suspensions, Shabana Mahmood said on Monday, as she promised to move…

Mahmood says countries which don’t help with small boat returns could face cut in number of visas issuedIn a pooled interview with Sam Coates from Sky…

Paul SeddonPolitical reporterJohn Healey says the government are determined to end the use of hotels for asylum seekersThe defence secretary has said the government is looking…

Shabana Mahmood is expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels into military barracks as Labour seeks to harden its immigration policy amid rising…

Mark Kenny on Australia’s new migrant resettlement deal with Nauru and its hardline approach to asylum seekers.Mark Kenny, director of Australian Studies Institute, explains Australia’s new…

Prominent women including cultural figures, politicians and campaigners have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence in Britain to asylum seekers.Signatories include the…

Ministers are planning to make it harder for refugees to bring family members to the UK as part of a package of measures that Yvette Cooper…

Joe PikePolitical correspondent andGeorge WrightBBC NewsGetty ImagesHome Secretary Yvette Cooper is to announce details of a tightening of rules for migrants who have been granted asylum…

Are you an asylum seeker and are you considering buying an armoured car, a snowmobile or a timeshare using your Home Office pre-paid cash card? If…

A local councillor for Reform UK who works for the Home Office processing asylum and immigration claims has been suspended from his job while an investigation…