An asylum seeker who strangled and sexually assaulted a woman as she walked home from a night out in Cardiff has been jailed for more than three years. Fawaz Alsamaou, 33, from Lockwood, Huddersfield, attacked the 24-year-old under a railway bridge in Cathays in the early hours of 12 May last year. The victim had left Pulse nightclub in the city centre around 4 a.m. when she noticed Alsamaou following…

Migrants coming to the UK for work will soon be required to speak English to an A-level standard under new immigration rules set out by the government, in one of the most significant overhauls of the visa system in a decade. The changes, due to take effect from 8 January 2026, will apply to applicants for skilled worker, scale-up, and high potential individual (HPI) visas,  categories designed for professionals and…

Convicted Fraudster seeks family Visa after remarrying former child bride. A Pakistani man previously jailed for a sham marriage to a schoolgirl is seeking to return to the United Kingdom after remarrying the same woman , now an adult  in Pakistan. According to a report by The Telegraph, Nasir Khalil, who was convicted nine years ago for deceiving a 16-year-old Slovakian girl into coming to Britain for a Muslim wedding ceremony,…

The United Kingdom has recorded another surge in irregular migration across the English Channel, with more than 1,000 people arriving in small boats within 24 hours, according to figures released by the Home Office on Thursday. A total of 1,075 migrants crossed the Channel on 15 small boats on Wednesday, marking the fourth time this year that daily arrivals have exceeded 1,000. The latest wave of crossings pushes the total…

A family of three, including a young child, has become the first group to arrive in the UK from France under Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new “one in, one out” immigration agreement with President Emmanuel Macron. The move follows the deportation of four asylum seekers from the UK to France over the past week, despite ongoing legal battles. Under the July agreement, the UK returns Channel arrivals in exchange for…

New Zealand is set to make it easier for migrant workers to settle in the country, in a bid to strengthen its workforce and stimulate economic growth. On Tuesday, Minister for Economic Growth Nicola Willis announced two new residency pathways aimed at attracting skilled and experienced migrants to fill gaps in the labour market. “Businesses told us it was too hard for some migrants to gain residence, even when they…

A disabled Nigerian man who has lived in Britain for nearly four decades has won a long-running legal battle to remain in the country, overturning Home Office efforts to deport him. Anthony Olubunmi George, 63, arrived in the UK in 1986 at the age of 24 and has never returned to Nigeria. He has no criminal convictions but suffered two strokes in 2019, leaving him with lasting speech and mobility…

A second migrant has been deported from the UK to France under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s new one in, one out  returns agreement, following a failed legal attempt to halt the process. The Eritrean man, who crossed the English Channel in a small boat in August, was removed from the country early Friday morning after a High Court judge dismissed his claim that he may have been a victim…

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned.

She said the government was ready to cut visas for workers, students and visitors if countries did not play by the rules and accept citizens who have no right to stay in Britain.

“Japa is becoming mission impossible.” This was all X user Sholzzola could type to vent his frustration after the Federal Government, through the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), announced yet another increase in passport fees—barely a year after the last hike. ‘Japa’ is  a slang term for emigrating in search of better opportunities.  The new directive, which took effect on 1 September 2025, immediately drew widespread outrage. For many Nigerians hoping…

A Jamaican man who avoided deportation on human rights grounds has now been ordered out of the UK after committing more crimes just days after winning his asylum appeal. Jevaughn Williams, 28, came to Britain in 2001 with his mother and was granted indefinite leave to remain in 2008. But from 2012 onwards, he began a life of crime, starting with possession of a sawn-off shotgun and later a knife…

The Home Office has scrapped plans to use a Norfolk hotel to house asylum seekers after weeks of controversy and the threat of legal action from the local council. The Park Hotel in Diss, currently accommodating women and children seeking asylum, was earmarked for conversion to accommodate single men. The proposal sparked protests in the town last month and drew sharp criticism from South Norfolk Council, which argued the move…