All posts tagged: Migrant

UK-France ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal scrapped | Politics News

UK-France ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal scrapped | Politics News

Published by Sam Flores

A UK-French pilot scheme known as “one in, one out,” set up to cut the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, has been scrapped. The Home Office said in a statement on Wednesday that the deal is “no longer processing new cases”, adding “we continue to work with France to relentlessly tackle small boat crossings, and we’ve made real progress”. Under the plan, migrants arriving in the UK after making the trip across the Channel, could be detained and returned to France in exchange for an equivalent number of asylum seekers who applied through a safe and legal route. You need javascript enabled to view this content Enable javascript to share Share Migrants break 2026 day record Around 1,500 individuals were sent back to France and a similar number transferred to the UK as part of the scheme, which, though set up to last three years, had a clause allowing the parties to end it earlier. Deportation flights will continue in the coming weeks for those who have already been detained, …

Uprising In Ceuta: Locals Have Had Enough Of Migrant Invasion

Uprising In Ceuta: Locals Have Had Enough Of Migrant Invasion

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, In the complete absence of any meaningful government action, the people of Ceuta have taken matters into their own hands. On Wednesday night, Spanish flags filled the streets of the North African enclave. Crowds chanted for deportations. Then a column of residents pushed toward El Trampolín beach, the open-air settlement that has occupied a family shoreline for nearly a month. Tents came down. Belongings went into the sea. Police formed a line between Spaniards and the camps – and opened fire with rubber bullets on the locals. Thousands of locals in Ceuta took to the street today to chant: “Deport the illegal migrants” ?? pic.twitter.com/WF2pZPpMBK — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 26, 2026 That is the picture now coming out of a city of roughly 84,000 people that was flooded at the end of July by a crossing Spanish officials have put above 70,000 and, in some tallies, near 80,000. The government spent weeks talking about “coexistence,” “diversity,” and “normality.” Ceuta spent those same weeks living with feces in …

Migrant tried to kill woman with broken bottle as she walked home alone

Migrant tried to kill woman with broken bottle as she walked home alone

Published by Sam Flores

A migrant tried to kill a lone woman with a broken bottle as she walked home from a meal out, a court heard. Ibrahim Albashir grabbed the woman and had injured her head, neck and chest when a group of men responded to her “blood-curdling screams”. They eventually got the Sudanese national to let go by punching him temporarily unconscious, Leeds Crown Court heard. On Tuesday, Albashir, 34, who has catatonic schizophrenia, was given a 25-year prison sentence along with an indefinite hospital order after admitting attempted murder at an earlier hearing. The migrant told doctors he was born and lived in Sudan until he was 25 and then travelled via Libya and Italy to France, where he spent some time in a mental hospital and was eventually refused asylum. The judge said Albashir told medical staff he arrived in the UK from Calais having “used the services of people smugglers” and lived in Luton, Coventry and Birmingham before ending up in a hostel in Barrow-in-Furness. He ended up in Leeds when he was thrown …

In ‘Migrant Heart,’ Reyna Grande bares her soul

In ‘Migrant Heart,’ Reyna Grande bares her soul

Published by Sam Flores

Hello, every once in a while a guest writer will take over the main story. This week, award-winning author Reyna Grande shares an excerpt from her recently released memoir “Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget.” Below is an essay featured in the book titled “Spare the Chancla and the Child,” which has been lightly edited for length. The first time I hit my son, he’s still a toddler. I’m trying to cut his hair with the new electric shaver I bought to save money on professional haircuts. He won’t sit still. Keeps wiggling, moving his head, trying to dart away from the buzzing blades. His hair getting more and more uneven. “Stop moving, Nathan,” I keep saying, my voice tight with frustration. He jerks away again, leaving another uneven patch. The next thing I know, I’m spanking him, yelling at him. “Now look what you’ve done!” He starts crying. Then, when the red haze of anger clears, and I can think again, I start crying too. This isn’t what I wanted. I swore …

Afghan migrant jailed for raping ‘vulnerable’ woman | UK News

Afghan migrant jailed for raping ‘vulnerable’ woman | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

A migrant from Afghanistan has been jailed for 10 years for the rape of a “vulnerable, intoxicated” woman. Musafar Hotak, 25, was convicted after a trial at Southampton Crown Court of the rape and sexual assault by penetration of the woman in the early hours of 12 July 2022. The court heard that the victim had left the Cafe Parfait bar in Southampton after being asked to leave by the bouncers for being drunk. As she attempted to contact her girlfriend, Hotak, who was 22 at the time, started to follow her before a voicemail sent on the victim’s phone heard her telling him to stop. Reading her personal impact statement to the court, the victim said she lived in “constant fear” and that the attack had “left scars in every part of my life”. The court was told how the complainant remembered waking up in Hotak’s home with him lying on top of her and sexually assaulting her then raping her. She repeatedly told him to stop, but she felt unable to prevent him …

Migrant crossing figures for 2025 ‘politically toxic’ for PM | Politics News

Migrant crossing figures for 2025 ‘politically toxic’ for PM | Politics News

Published by Sam Flores

The government’s woken up to quite the new year hangover with the publication of 2025’s small boat data – which reveals the number of migrants crossing the Channel increased by more than 4,500 people compared to 2024. For a prime minister who made “smashing the gangs” such a central pledge during the general election campaign, the numbers are politically toxic. Although, frankly, given the trajectory of the statistics in the first part of the year, the situation could have been even worse – with the figures tracking largely above the record number of migrant arrivals in 2022 until bad weather hit in the late autumn. But after 18 months in power, Sir Keir Starmer’s entering another year without making any real progress on an issue which is hugely important to many voters. This seeming impotence – from successive governments – to stop the small boats and close asylum hotels has certainly fuelled the rapid rise in support for Reform UK. Not surprisingly, Nigel Farage has leapt on today’s data to claim “smash the gangs is …