30,000 UK hotel rooms are being requisitioned by Home Office every day to house asylum seekers Home Office measures UP to 30,000 hotel rooms across the UK are being requisitioned by the Home Office every day to house asylum seekers waiting for their claims to be processed. A total of 37,000 asylum seekers are currently in hotel accommodation, at a cost to the UK taxpayer of almost £5m a day, according to a GB [...]
Minsk to retaliate against EU and UK, imposing sanctions on aviation Aviation retaliation Belarus is ready to retaliate against the EU and the UK, imposing sanctions on carriers flying into its air space and banning people from entering the country. “In response to the illegitimate restrictions on the Belarusian aviation industry, which are based on unfair competition, our country will take similar steps in relation to air carriers [...]
Migrant Crisis: France rejects joint border patrol proposal by Boris Johnson Migrant Crisis The Prime Minister of France, Jean Castex, told Boris Johnson that he could not accept a joint British-French patrol in the English Channel in response to the migrant crisis as the issue was a “matter of our sovereignty.” In a letter to the British prime minister Castex wrote “France is ready to pursue our operational [...]
France un-invites Priti Patel over migrant crisis November 26, 2021 The French government have uninvited the UK Home Secretary from a meeting of European interior ministers and the European Commission, after Boris Johnson asked them to “take back” undocumented migrants who cross the Channel to the UK, according to reports. “We find the open letter from the British prime minister unacceptable … Thus, Priti Patel [...]
Shock, shame and finger pointing after 27 migrants die: UK calls for joint patrols with France November 25, 2021 The UK government is urging France to agree to joint police patrols along the French Channel coast after a migrant boat capsized causing the loss of dozens of lives. The French regional maritime authority said 27 people had died. French officials had previously stated there were 31 deaths but the death toll was revised down, [...]
Some post-Brexit EU jobseekers end up in detention upon arrival May 13, 2021 A small number of jobseekers arriving into the UK have been sent to immigration removal centres, held in airport detention rooms or expelled. Among them are EU citizens with job interviews in the UK, The Guardian reports. When it comes to EU citizens looking for work in the UK, some rules since Brexit are straightforward [...]
London brokers ‘charged £500’ to help smuggle migrants across Channel October 15, 2020 London brokers are charging £500 per person to help people smugglers illegally shift migrants across the Channel, according to an undercover documentary. Two brokers working at a currency exchange in Central London and a high street office in West London were found to have withheld funds paid by migrants in France, and only released the [...]
Taiwanese Animators take on the UK’s refugee crisis: Time for anti-migrant Brits to get English lessons September 9, 2015 They've satirised Tiger Woods. They've poked fun at the Scottish Referendum. And now those Taiwanese Animators have turned their delicate touch to the most sensitive of subjects – immigration. Specifically, the UK's migrant crisis. It starts by pointing out how "wondrous" the UK and Ireland are – great education and healthcare systems (visualised with doctors [...]
Why economics can prevent Europe’s refugee crisis from becoming even worse September 8, 2015 Emotions are running high over the refugee crisis, with heart-breaking images arousing waves of compassion across Europe. As ever, however, economics lurks in the background. The tragic stories of refugees coming to Europe rightly elicit a call to help those in need, but we must understand the underlying realities to truly do something about [...]
European migrant crisis: Uber and Save the Children partner for #UberGiving donations on-demand to help refugees September 8, 2015 Uber has partnered with charity Save the Children to allow people to provide donations on-demand, with the aim of helping refugees fleeing Syria and other displaced people. The startup, better known for providing rides through its app, is now using its ubiquity across European cities to help people make donations to charities across the continent. [...]