Home Office

14 hrs ago

A man in a blue blazer, blue tie, white shirt with a blue rosette stands in a hall looking at the camera.

MP asks for confirmation asylum hotels will go

Daventry MP says ongoing use of hotels has "long passed the point of being a temporary arrangement".

14 hrs ago

2 days ago

This picture shows a sign, put on display in the village of Linton-on-Ouse, by campaigners opposed to plans to turn a former RAF station into a centre for housing asylum seekers. In red and black letters it says 'Wrong Plan, Wrong Place.'

Council boss invites PM to planned asylum site

No final decision has been made on the future of the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York.

2 days ago

13 Oct 2026

A tall wire fence on the perimeter of Haslar IRC, with a tall building and a brick tower inside the compound

Staff recruitment starts for migrant removal centre

The Gosport removal centre would house migrants with no lawful right to remain before they are deported.

13 Oct 2026

A group of protesters walking through a residential street. They are carrying placards saying "no asylum seekers here please" and "less razzmatazz more action". At the front of the crowd a man in holding up a flag of St George with Patriots of Wisbech written on. Several other marchers are wearing Union Flags over their shoulders. It is a bright day and the sky is blue.

Could 200 asylum seekers be housed in Fenland?

After protesters marched thorough a village, what are the plans for asylum seekers in Fenland?

13 Oct 2026

12 Oct 2026

Police officers and forensic investigators in protective white suits work behind a police cordon on a road lined with vehicles in the aftermath of the Southport knife attacks. Several marked police cars are parked at the scene, while investigators carry equipment and walk between cars. Blue-and-white police tape stretches across the road with traffic barriers and emergency vehicles visible in the background.

Plans to tackle violence after Southport attack shelved due to costs, inquiry told

Responses set out by the Home Office in the wake of the Southport attack would need more money, the inquiry hears.

12 Oct 2026

10 Oct 2026

A custody photos of Vladyslav Cherniavskyi, whose brown hair is shaved at the sides and parted on top.

'Migrant taxi service' smuggler deported from UK

Vladyslav Cherniavskyi used a yacht to smuggle migrants across the Channel, the Home Office says.

10 Oct 2026

9 Oct 2026

The shopfront of a restaurant, which is painted blue and is named Yakamoz. It says it serves Turkish and Mediterranean food

Home Office calls for restaurant to lose licence

The Home Office says a man was found to be working illegally at Turkish restaurant Yakamoz.

9 Oct 2026

6 Oct 2026

An officer wearing purple plastic gloves holds the arm of a man who is wearing handcuffs. they are walking along a pavement. The man is wearing a grey jacket, white t-shirt, light blue jeans and a ring on his left hand ring finger.

Three arrested after raid on gang accused of helping migrants pretend to be gay to get asylum

Those targeted by Home Office immigration enforcement officers are accused of charging migrants up to £4,500 for fabricated evidence.

6 Oct 2026

A composite image of the BBC's Politics Investigations Correspondent, Billy Kenber, and an Immigration Enforcement Officer attending an address

Watch: Police raid on gang behind fake gay asylum claims

The arrests come after a BBC investigation in April revealed that law firms and advisers were helping migrants pose as gay in an effort to get asylum.

6 Oct 2026