Asylum seeker

No.10 suggests home secretary is looking to Australia's controversial "stop the boats" policy for potential inspiration.
Home secretary Priti Patel's proposal for a processing centre in the south Atlantic Ocean has been likened to creating a "modern day penal colony".
Lawyers representing three men who arrived in Britain on small boats raised concerns that people could end up destitute in Spain.
Misinformation is rife in public conversations around asylum seekers. Here's the truth behind the claims we hear most often.
Priti Patel hailed the deportations on Twitter, but a welfare group said 11 people were abandoned after Spanish authorities refused responsibility.
There is a hell of a lot wrong with Britain’s asylum system, but the answer is not Priti Patel sending the Navy in.
We must allow mothers to work, and provide them with childcare to enable them to do so, Lauren Crosby Medlicott writes.
Campaigners appalled by the death of an asylum seeker found next to her malnourished baby say the tragedy isn’t getting the attention it deserves.
There are concerns young girls may be among the unaccompanied children yet to be placed in care after Kent council reached capacity.
Nadim Uddin grew up in Bangladesh, but realising he was gay, felt that he couldn’t lead the life he wanted in the country. He came to Britain to study, finding a society that let him express himself and be who he wanted to be, leading to him seeking asylum to live the life he never felt possible.