Authorities were warned about mental health crisis among asylum seekers before Glasgow attack

Campaigners warned that the coronavirus lockdown would trigger a mental health crisis among ‘traumatised’ asylum seekers in Glasgow weeks before a knifeman injured six people during a rampage in a hotel on Friday. Armed officers were scrambled at lunchtime yesterday to the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street, where immigrants were being housed during the … Read more

Hero driver describes ‘carnage’ at Glasgow asylum hotel as knifeman ‘kills two’ in stab spree

A hero delivery driver told how he desperately fought to save the life of a victim lying terrified on the floor after being stabbed in the Glasgow hotel knife rampage. The eyewitness – who asked to remain anonymous – walked into the bloodbath to discover a maintenance man and receptionist badly wounded on the floor.  … Read more

Woman killed by Libyan asylum seeker working illegally in the UK

Therapist, 53, died when she was hit in road by Libyan immigrant working illegally in UK as fast food delivery driver who thought he had hit a bump and continued on way to work  Rezar Abukhrais, 35, was working illegally as a fast food delivery driver  Donna Barrow-Jones, 53, fell down and struggled to get … Read more

Terror attack in Reading: ‘Suspect a Libyan asylum seeker who was released from prison’

The terror suspect accused of stabbing three people to death and injuring three others in an attack in Reading is a 25-year-old ‘Libyan asylum seeker’ called Khairi Saadallah.   The suspect’s identity was revealed as counter-terrorism police declared yesterday’s attack a ‘terrorist incident’.  Counter-terrorism police will take over the investigation after the frenzied knife attack in … Read more

Tory MP Bob Seely calls for Britain to offer ‘mass asylum’

Tory MP Bob Seely calls for Britain to offer ‘mass asylum’ to thousands of people who are expected to flee Hong Kong over tough new security laws Bob Seely warned there could be an ‘exodus’ from the former British colony Mainland China is trying to overrule democracy and rule of law in Hong Kong Riot … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Robots, it appears, have taken over the NatWest asylum

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Robots, it appears, have taken over the NatWest asylum – it’s the banking equivalent of R2-D2 on steroids By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 18 April 2020 Royal Bank of Scotland – owner of NatWest – may have won some plaudits … Read more

600 asylum seekers in Lesbos are moved to Greece’s mainland as 200 others are quarantined on Kea

A ship carrying 600 asylum seekers has departed from Lesbos to a closed camp in northern Greece amid the coronavirus crisis. The migrants arrived at the port of Mytilene in the Greek island of Lesbos, ahead of their departure with the ship, named ‘Aqua Blue’. Clashes broke out overnight on Greece’s border with Turkey after … Read more

Calls for Sheikh Maktoum to free daughters he kidnapped so they can ‘seek asylum abroad’

The High Court in London has published rulings relating to the legal battle between Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his former wife Princess Haya bint Al Hussain of Jordan. Here is a timeline of events in the case. July 15, 1949 – Sheikh Mohammed is born in Dubai. May 3, 1974 … Read more