#asylum seekers

#asylum seekers

Our clients are still waiting for answers as to how this was allowed to happen and accountability for the significant harm they suffered. We represent highly vulnerable individuals, including children, families and victims of trafficking and torture, who were deeply affected by their experiences at Manston. They are the victims of the inhuman and degrading treatment that occurred, and it is therefore the responsibility of the Home Office to ensure that this public inquiry is allowed to take place without any further delays.

Gardai deployed near the Citywest facility on Thursday in anticipation of another possible standoff with mobs that on Tuesday and Wednesday night threw fireworks and missiles and set a police vehicle on fire. In a statement the police force, An Garda Siochana, urged people to stay away from violent protest: This is not fun and games and entertainment for social media, it said.

He had arrived in the country hoping to start a new life with his Venezuelan partner, after being forced to leave his home due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. His partner's mother and family welcomed him as one of their own and waited for him with open arms. A year later, they are still waiting for him.

Gardaí believe the violence in Citywest was "far more organised and planned" than the rioting in Dublin city centre two years ago.

Public order gardaí were deployed to the hotel after a large crowd gathered at the entrance of the facility, which is currently being used to house asylum-seekers. Fireworks, bricks, bottles and other objects were thrown at gardaí as the crowd swelled in numbers. The garda water cannon was brought to the scene. A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána said members "were subjected to sustained levels of violence".

Some of those being deported held valid US residency permits, he said, but were nonetheless included on the deportation list, with their consent obtained for repatriation. The confirmation comes after the New York Times, citing unnamed officials in Tehran, said a plane carrying around 100 Iranians left Louisiana late on September 29 and was set to arrive in Iran via Qatar the following day.

The blaze at the Thistle City Barbican Hotel, in Dingley Road, Islington, happened at about 22:50 BST on Wednesday, according to the Met Police. No-one was hurt and staff put out the flames before officers arrived. The force said it was an isolated incident and it wanted to identify one suspect, while it was keeping an open mind about motive. There have been no arrests.

Bay Area immigrant rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration to end its controversial immigration courthouse arrests and stop federal officers from detaining people for days in a San Francisco holding facility not meant for overnight use. The unprecedented tactic has triggered heated protests, with some activists attempting to block arrests and getting into clashes with ICE officers.

Confirming that she hopes to take a harder line than her predecessor, Yvette Cooper, she said she would do whatever it takes to cut the number of people entering the UK by irregular routes such as small boats. In a first announcement as home secretary, she proposed to cut the number of visas granted to countries that delay or refuse returns of their citizens who have no right to remain in the UK.