Immigration

Daily Mirror journalist Kevin Maguire has short grey hair and is wearing a dark suit jacket and pink shirt.

'You can't accuse them of not working when we don't let them work'

With the 2026 record of migrants crossing in small boats broken in September, the Daily Mirror’s Kevin Maguire and the Daily Telegraph’s Annabel Denham clash with the audience on BBC Question Time from Peterlee.

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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.

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Looking west along St Peter Street in Aberdeen.

Home Office drops city asylum seeker accommodation plans

BBC Scotland News has seen a letter sent to Aberdeen City Council confirming the decision.

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A young person wearing a baseball cap and a backpack and carrying a suitcase stands in the middle of the image. To the left of the image a passport with a boarding card is held up. To the right of the image is a migrant family of a man, woman and child on a beach, walking. In the top right corner is a partial view of a UK visa document

Track UK's latest migration numbers - net migration, visas, asylum and small boats

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A large ornate pale stone council building with many mullioned windows and a clock tower. In front of the building are a few trees and some fountains.

Plan to ditch city's 'sanctuary' status defended

Reform says ending Bradford's City of Sanctuary status gives residents a say on migration.

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Narbona and Sánchez sit closely as he speaks to her during a meeting

Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to help win snap election

Calling of a snap election was not a knee-jerk reaction from Pedro Sánchez but a carefully thought-out manoeuvre, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Madrid.

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Deputy Marc Leadbeater He has short hair and a short beard. He is wearing a dark blue jacket, blue suit jacket, white shirt and a blue tie.

Backlog of 4,000 population permits 'sobering'

Home Affairs says additional resources are now essential to reduce any delays.

7 days ago

1 Oct 2026

Tourists pose for photographs in front of cherry trees in bloom while Mount Fuji is seen in the background

Japan raises permanent residency fee by 20 times

The hikes are part of immigration policy changes introduced to manage Japan's growing foreign population.

1 Oct 2026

30 Sept 2026

A home office immigration enforcement van

Almost 50 arrests in operation targeting cross-border people smugglers

The arrests are part of Operation Comby, a multi-agency crackdown targeting individuals who have illegally passed from Ireland to the UK.

30 Sept 2026