Covid UK: DOUBLE checks to enter Britain as airlines and Border Force check for virus paperwork

Q&A: Do I need to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test when I arrive in Britain – and what standards must it meet? What are the new rules for UK arrivals? All of the travel corridors were scrapped yesterday, so arrivals from every destination will need to self-isolate for ten days, or receive a … Read more

Coronavirus UK: 30 arrivals without negative tests fined £500

Q&A: Do I need to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test when I arrive in Britain – and what standards must it meet? What are the new rules for UK arrivals? All of the travel corridors were scrapped yesterday, so arrivals from every destination will need to self-isolate for ten days, or receive a … Read more

Biden to propose bill offering eight-year path to citizenship for more than 11 million immigrants

President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, seeking to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for 11 million people currently living in the U.S. without legal status. The legislative proposal, which is scheduled to be sent to Congress on Wednesday, also includes a key focus on … Read more

Joe Biden to unveil sweeping immigration legislation Wednesday with path to citizenship

Despite the Capitol being on lockdown for his inauguration and an early push on the pandemic, President-elect Joe Biden plans to put forward a sweeping immigration proposal on his first day in office.  His plan would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million people estimated to be living in the country illegally – a … Read more

36 migrants brave ice and snow to cross Channel from France to UK

Another 36 migrants including women and children braved ice and snow warnings to make the latest crossing from France to the UK.  Border Force detained the group during the early hours on Saturday who battled the dangerous conditions in a small boat over the Channel.  They were brought into Dover Marina in Kent and escorted … Read more

Coronavirus: British man, 52, faces six months in jail for sneaking out of his Singapore hotel room

British man, 52, faces six months in jail for sneaking out of his Singapore hotel room to see his fiancée during Covid-19 quarantine Nigel Skea was in 14-day quarantine at the Ritz Carlton Millenia in Singapore  Officials claim Skea left his room on three separate occasions in September  During one breach, he visited his Singaporean … Read more

Honduran migrant caravan 1,000 strong demands that Biden match his rhetoric about refugees

A caravan of Honduran migrants is approaching the U.S. border ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, creating the first major test of Biden’s plan to reverse many of Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The group of migrants was originally anywhere between 2,000 and 4,000 strong, although their numbers have dwindled as the march towards the United States … Read more

Drug dealer saved from deportation to Jamaica in last-minute appeal is set free by judge

Drug dealer who was saved from being deported to Jamaica in last-minute appeal is set free by judge The criminal, who can be identified only as ‘RS’, was due to be on board a Home Office charter flight on December 2 He and 22 other Jamaican criminals due to be kicked out of UK submitted … Read more

Life in Hull is ‘hell’ says Iraqi refugee seeking council house

A refugee who fled the war-torn Middle East after her relatives were killed says life in Hull is ‘the same’ as Iraq. Intesar Hassan, 55, was sent to East Yorkshire with her children by the UN in 2012 as she fled war in Iraq and Syria. Since arriving in the city, the mother says she … Read more

Migrants will have to be able to speak Swedish to become citizens under country’s new proposals

Migrants will have to be able to speak Swedish to become citizens under country’s new proposals – after years of liberal migration policies Sweden opened its doors to refugees during the migrant crisis of 2015  There has since been a rise in far-right and gang violence in the liberal country The government is now setting … Read more