Asylum Seekers
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'Stop asylum claims' gift voucher reward scheme for Home Office staff
Rewards of gift vouchers, extra holidays and cash bonuses are being given to Home Office staff who help prevent failed asylum seekers from staying in the country. Immigration officers have a target of winning 70% of tribunal cases in which
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Asylum seeker builds raft from twigs to sail to Australia
A suspected asylum seeker has been found washed up in a mangrove swamp in Saibai Island, a few miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Australian maritime authorities believe that he was attempting to sail from Papua New Guinea to Australia
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Gang smuggling migrants to UK on Easyjet and Ryanair arrested
Det Supt Chris Foster, of the UK Border Agency, said: "People smuggling is an international crime which requires international co-operation. Our investigation will continue." Read more:
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