Border Force detain 49 migrants in English Channel taking this year’s arrivals up to 285

Border Force detain 49 migrants at Dover after they attempted to cross English Channel in three boats taking total number of arrivals this year to 285 Home Office confirms 49 migrants made it to UK shores on Saturday morning  Friday saw 123 people prevented from making the crossing in three boats Latest arrivals takes the … Read more

Border Force detain six migrants at Dover after they crossed the Channel in ‘brand new boat’

Border Force detain six migrants at Dover after they crossed the Channel in ‘brand new boat’ taking total arrivals this year to 242 Six men, thought to be African, were picked up mid-channel at 12.40am today Border Force officers intercepted the men in a  grey rigid hulled inflatable boat Group were picked up in calm and mild conditions … Read more

Chaos before ‘Colston Four’ hearing: Police detain cyclist towing boom box blasting reggae

Protesters have been detained outside the criminal damage court case against four people who have denied toppling a statue of slave trader Edward Colston. Police stopped at least three people outside Bristol Magistrates Court ahead of the first appearance before JPs. It included one man who arrived on a bicycle towing a big sound system … Read more

Border Force detain 36 migrants trying to cross the Channel

Border Force detain 36 migrants trying to cross the Channel bringing the total this year to more than 200 after 8,417 arrived in 2020 Home Office spokesman said migrants were stopped on Saturday A further 27 migrants were stopped by French authorities before reaching UK Nigel Farage posted a video appearing to show migrants on … Read more

Indian forces detain Chinese soldier on disputed Himalayan border

Indian forces have detained a Chinese soldier on a disputed Himalayan border where the two nations fought a deadly battle last year, the military said today. The arrest marks the second detention on the high altitude border since their deadliest confrontation in decades broke out in June, in which at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed.  The face-off … Read more

Japan was WRONG to detain Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, UN human rights panel declares

Japan was WRONG to detain Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and should pay him compensation, UN human rights panel declares The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on Japan’s government  Found that detention of Carlos Ghosn, 66, between 2018 and 2019 was ‘arbitrary’ Led Japanese carmaker Nissan for 20 years and rescued it from near-bankruptcy … Read more

Coronavirus Hong Kong: Hazmat-suited officials detain BA cabin crew in Hong Kong

EXCLUSIVE – Hazmat-suited officials detain BA cabin crew in Hong Kong forcing them into coronavirus quarantine camp after one of them tests positive… but the pilots are allowed to jet home Crew escorted from hotel by hazmat-suited enforcers who took them to bus Their minimalist porta cabin accommodation consists of barracks-style beds Ellie Freeman, stewardess … Read more

Police get new powers to stop, search and detain suspected spies

2010 – Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence officer jailed for spying for Britain, is released and flown to the UK as part of a swap with Russian agents caught in the United States. He settles in Salisbury. March 3, 2018 – Yulia Skripal arrives at Heathrow Airport from Russia to visit her father … Read more

New York ICE officials accused of rigging algorithms to detain immigrants in detention centers 

WHAT IS ASYLUM?   Asylum is a protection and status granted to foreign nationals who fit the criteria of a refugee as defined by international law. Once granted, asylum status allows that person to live and work in this country and apply for a green card after one year of residence. HOW DO YOU GET ASYLUM?  … Read more