Former Labour leader and MP Jeremy Corbyn opposes the UK government's plan to house 500 adult male migrants on a prison ship off the Dorset coast. He criticizes the policy as "morally indefensible ...

About 500 adult male migrants will be housed in a barge on the Dorset coast "in the coming months", the government has confirmed. The plans have been criticised by local groups, refugee charities ...

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile The new arrivals come amid a steady rise in migration to the European Union country, which officials mostly attribute to ...

Britain's deal with France to end Channel crossings can never achieve its aims – because some French police prefer to party rather than stop migrants, a Daily Express investigation can reveal.

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union outlines ‘serious fire and safety concerns’ over Bibby Stockholm Suella Braverman’s stalled plan to house asylum seekers on a giant barge is facing a major ...

EXCLUSIVE: Migrant Amin Khan had fled his home country in Afghanistan to evade death at the hands of the Taliban. The 20-year ...

Bibby Stockholm migrant barge made ready to rehouse asylum seekers after legionella outbreak - Work follows a fire inspection ...

An incoming Labour government will use controversial barges to house asylum seekers for a “very short” period while a backlog in cases is tackled. Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock ...

A Labour government could use barges and disused military bases to house asylum seekers, despite criticism from refugee groups for their use. Labour’s shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has ...

ROME (AP) — Migrants who set out in dozens of flimsy boats launched by smugglers on Tunisian shores have disembarked on three tiny Italian islands in a span of two days, officials said.

A Labour government would accept migrants from Europe as part of a proposed deal with the EU to try to stop the small boats crisis. The party is considering taking a share of asylum seekers ...