Tag: UK illegal immigrants

• Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:44 UTC

  UK tightens immigration policy, three countries to take back illegal migrants after visa threat

  

  UK’s Home Secretary has announced that three African countries will have their visas to Britain downed if they don’t cooperate on returning deported illegal migrants and criminals to their countries of origin.

• Monday, March 24th 2025 - 08:55 UTC

  Europol dismantles sophisticated network smuggling people across the English Channel

  

  German and Belgium authorities coordinated by Europol dismantle a migrant smuggling network active across the English Channel. The operation was also supported by Italy and Eurojust. The investigation targeted a criminal network based in Germany and involved in criminal activities facilitating the smuggling of Middle Eastern and East African migrants across the English Channel with low-quality inflatable boats.

• Monday, April 30th 2018 - 08:09 UTC

  UK Home Secretary resigns amid immigration and quotas scandal

  

  Britain's interior minister, Home Secretary, Amber Rudd resigned on Sunday amid claims she misled lawmakers over whether her department held targets for removing illegal immigrants in the country. “The prime minister has tonight accepted the resignation of the home secretary,” said a spokesman for the office of premier Theresa May.

• Friday, March 4th 2016 - 06:49 UTC

  French president wants UK in the EU and warns of the consequences of leaving

  

  French President Francois Hollande has said he wants the UK to stay in the EU - and warned of the “consequences” for immigration and the economy of leaving. A French government minister earlier suggested his country could end UK border controls in Calais.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 09:35 UTC

  UK landlords must evict illegal immigrants under new legislation

  

  Landlords in England will be expected to evict tenants who lose the right to live in the UK under new measures to clamp down on illegal immigration. They will be able to end tenancies, sometimes without a court order, when asylum requests fail, ministers say.