World news | The Guardian8h ago
First flight of 2026 under UK ‘one in, one out’ asylum scheme cancelled https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/07/first-2026-flight-cancelled-under-one-in-one-out-uk-scheme-to-return-asylum-seekers #ImmigrationAndAsylum #Migration #UkNews #HomeOffice #France #HumanRights #Politics #Europe #Law
First flight of 2026 under UK ‘one in, one out’ asylum scheme cancelled

Detainees under scheme to return people entering UK on small boats told their plane tickets have been cancelled

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian15h ago
‘It takes a town to raise a family’: the community sponsors supporting refugees in the UK https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/07/community-sponsors-supporting-refugees-uk #Communities #Refugees #ImmigrationAndAsylum #Derbyshire #Bristol #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #England #Society
‘It takes a town to raise a family’: the community sponsors supporting refugees in the UK

Groups are coming together across the country to help refugee families settle and integrate into local life

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian2d ago
Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/05/one-in-one-out-asylum-seekers-accuse-uk-degrading-treatment #ImmigrationAndAsylum #HomeOffice #France #Migration #Refugees #UkNews #Europe #Politics
Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment

Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian2d ago
UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/04/uk-plans-seize-asylum-seekers-phones-condemned-campaigners #ImmigrationAndAsylum #UkNews #Politics
UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners

People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from Monday

The Guardian
Opinion | The Guardian US5d ago
Here’s a pick-me-up for the January blues: this could well be Nigel Farage’s last year on top | Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/02/nigel-farage-january-year-reform-uk-voters #NigelFarage #ReformUk #Politics #UkNews #DonaldTrump #ImmigrationAndAsylum
Here’s a pick-me-up for the January blues: this could well be Nigel Farage’s last year on top

There’s no doubting the charisma of its leader, but Reform UK lacks the depth and experience needed to govern – and voters are quickly realising that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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US news | The Guardian5d ago
Here’s a pick-me-up for the January blues: this could well be Nigel Farage’s last year on top | Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/02/nigel-farage-january-year-reform-uk-voters #NigelFarage #ReformUk #Politics #UkNews #DonaldTrump #ImmigrationAndAsylum
Here’s a pick-me-up for the January blues: this could well be Nigel Farage’s last year on top

There’s no doubting the charisma of its leader, but Reform UK lacks the depth and experience needed to govern – and voters are quickly realising that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian6d ago
‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/01/shameful-41000-people-reached-uk-by-small-boat-last-year-says-home-office #ImmigrationAndAsylum #Refugees #HomeOffice #UkNews #Politics #Migration
‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office

Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025

The Guardian
Opinion | The Guardian US6d ago
When racists shout ‘Go home’, and you come from 15 places, what to do? | Hugh Muir https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/01/racist-go-home-place-dna-test-countries #Race #ImmigrationAndAsylum #ReformUk #Politics #UkNews #DavidLammy #FarRight
When racists shout ‘Go home’, and you come from 15 places, what to do?

A DNA test showed me that theoretically I have links to a long list of countries – and that the way we look at belonging makes little sense, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianDec 29
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/29/number-people-britons-must-be-born-in-uk-rising-study #BritishIdentityAndSociety #Race #Communities #Thinktanks #ReformUk #FarRight #ImmigrationAndAsylum #Politics #Society #UkNews
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows

Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianDec 29
No 10 defends campaign to release Abd el-Fattah despite his ‘abhorrent’ tweets https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/29/no-10-defends-campaign-to-release-abd-el-fattah-despite-his-abhorrent-tweets #Politics #KeirStarmer #UkNews #EmilyThornberry #RishiSunak #BorisJohnson #JohnMcdonnell #ImmigrationAndAsylum #Labour
Cooper launches review of ‘serious failures’ in Alaa Abd el-Fattah case

Foreign secretary says due diligence procedures were inadequate amid storm over activist’s past tweets

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