The French far right has praised David Cameron for "smashing the taboo" over immigration, in dubious applause for the prime minister, who has been kee...

The outgoing chairman of Ukip in Bristol has backed controversial removal centres for illegal immigrants saying there should be "one in every town." H...

Tony Blair has been awarded by business leaders in Poland to thank him for supporting the country's bid to join the EU, and opening up the British lab...

Labour would give the UK Border Agency the power of arrest to prevent illegal immigrants escaping, under new proposals outlined today by the shadow ho...

How many illegal immigrants are there in the UK? Unlike other such questions - how many 12 year olds are there in the UK? How many gay Jews? - where, although we don't know the exact answer, either survey and administrative data allows us to make an informed and reasonably accurate guess, we don't know, even approximately. But a new initiative by the Metropolitan Police suggests that the number may in fact be surprisingly low.

Home Secretary Theresa May has launched an independent inquiry into the UK border force amid claims that guards quietly dropped certain passport check...

David Cameron is to launch a major crackdown on abuse of the immigration system , including plans for tougher visa rules to weed out sham marriages. ...