Seventy years ago today, Britain was one of the founding drafters of the Refugee Convention.

Unfortunately, French politicians blamed the death of the teenager to the lack of humanity in the UK's patrol of the Channel.

Legally speaking deportation is the enforced removal of someone "for the public good" usually after serving a criminal sentence in the UK

On the 15th of June 2020, the UK government increased the weekly asylum support allowance to £39.60 from £37.75 a week.

A description of how the UK asylum system works.