POLITICS

Hundreds of migrants turn violent to avoid deportation, Home Office figures show

Hundreds of migrants due to be deported avoided being kicked out of the country… because they were too violent to be transported. In the past three years, 602 people assigned for deportation ended up staying behind after battling with officials trying to remove them, Home Office data shows. In 497 cases, there was violence when officials arrived to pick the person up. This could be at an immigration detention centre or their temporary home address. The other 105 became aggressive when they were in transit to the airport, at the airport, or in some rare cases even on the plane. A pilot can order a passenger to be “off-loaded” if there are fears for the safety of the flight. On some occasions,…

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‘Ashamed of you’: Bengal Congress leader blasts Abhishek Singhvi for representing TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee

Congress leader in West Bengal and counsel of the Calcutta High Court, Kaustav Bagchi wrote a letter to senior Congress leader and Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi expressing his displeasure with the latter’s recent actions. In the letter, Bagchi claimed that Bengal Congress leaders and workers feel ashamed of Singhvi, who recently represented Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee in a case at the Supreme Court. The case in question had been removed from the bench of Kolkata HC justice Abhijit Ganguly. Singhvi’s decision to represent Banerjee in the case caused anger among some Congress party members in Bengal, including Bagchi. Bagchi, who had previously stopped senior Congress leader and advocate P Chidambaram from fighting a case on behalf…

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Meghan Markle accused of breaking ‘Queen’s promise’ over royal title ahead of Coronation

The Duchess of Sussex has done “exactly” what she and Prince Harry “promised the Queen they wouldn’t do” by profiting from her royal status, a royal biographer has controversially claimed. Former actress Meghan Markle is “very proud” that she joined the Royal Family as it will make her “even richer” and “more famous”, Angela Levin sensationally claimed. The royal commentator accused the 41-year-old of using her status for “capital gain”, which she reportedly promised the late Queen Elizabeth II she would “never do”. The royal biographer told GB News: “Meghan is very proud that she has joined an organisation that is going to make her even richer and more famous.” She later added: “There she is, doing exactly what the Queen they wouldn’t do, which is…

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US immigration body cracks down on fraud in H-1B lottery system, issues warning

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has expressed concern over the increase in fraud associated with the H-1B visa lottery system. They noted that fraud in the H-1B registration system has gone up since the lottery system was implemented. The USCIS said that the computerised drawing of lots designed to choose H-1B applicants has resulted in abuse of the system. “We are working on an upcoming H-1B modernisation rule that will propose, among other improvements, bolstering the H-1B registration process to reduce the possibility of misuse and fraud in the H-1B registration system,” USCIS said. The US government agency also noted that the rise in fraud had prompted them to undertake fraud investigations, deny and revoke petitions and, in…

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Ukrainian refugee forced to drive car 1,500 miles back to warzone or pay thousands due on ‘ridiculous’ registration fees

A Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drive her car back to a warzone due to ‘bonkers’ UK road laws and eyewatering insurance premiums. Svitlana Yuryeva, 42, fled Putin’s missile attacks on Kyiv in February 2022, driving her daughter, 17, and son, 13, to relative safety in the Zhytomyr region before travelling across the Polish border in their Audi A6. Having left her husband in tears at the border, she travelled across Poland and Czech Republic to Austria where she stayed for two months before getting sponsored by a family in Wimbledon, South London, through the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Svitlana now works as a finance HR administrator and rents a home in Colliers Wood. But after a six month…

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Three families lose 10 members in Gyaspura gas tragedy in Ludhiana

 In a tragic incident, 11 people were killed and four injured as they inhaled a toxic gas in Ludhiana’s Giaspura neighbourhood on Sunday morning. Ten of those killed belong to three families from Bihar, who had been living in Punjab for over two-three decades, and one person is yet to be identified. At around 7 am, people found bodies lying on the road near a milk booth in the area. “This milk shop opens early in the morning as nearby shopkeepers go there to purchase milk. At first, one person fell down on the road and gradually turned blue. Those who came to his help also fell there. We thought it was some electric shock,” a local, Mehanga Ram, told TOI. “It…

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Albanian PM says UK in a ‘bad place’ and having a ‘nervous breakdown’ over immigration

Albania’s prime minister has said Britain is in such a “bad, bad place” over the Channel migration crisis that government ministers are resorting to blaming his country “to feel like they still have muscle”. Edi Rama told the Delphi economic forum in Greece that he thinks Britain is suffering a “nervous breakdown” over immigration. “They are in such a bad place, the poor Brits, that they have to go after Albanians to feel like they still have muscle,” Mr Rama said. “No problem. We have a great respect for Britain and for what Britain represents and for British history and culture, so we will bear with them until they have overcome this situation. “We used to think in terms of:…

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You Don’t Get Justice From Jantar Mantar, Go to Court: WFI Chief Tells Protesting Wrestlers

WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday took a jibe on the protesting wrestlers, saying “you don’t get justice from Jantar Mantar.” Singh also claimed that only a “few families and girls” have levelled allegations against him as a fresh round of protest and a sit-in continues at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar by the country’s top wrestlers. His comments also comes as the Delhi police lodged two FIRs was filed against him for sexual harassment charges by seven woman athletes this week. Speaking to news agency ANI, Singh said, “you don’t get justice from Jantar Mantar. If you want justice, you have to go to the Police, Court. They never did that until now. We will accept whatever the court…

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Sweden and Finland place navies on high alert as Russian ships ‘spotted near wind farms’

Russian warships have been observed near submarine cables and wind farms in the Baltic, causing the Swedish and Finnish navies to be on high alert. According to Finnish media reports, Swedish Navy Commander Ewa Skoog Haslum has warned of potential sabotage by Russia against the electricity networks of NATO allies in the region. Commander Skoog Haslum has stated that they are convinced Russia has mapped the targets in some way, raising the risk of sabotage against underwater cables and power networks. He also stressed the importance of having a presence at the targets and having control over all underwater matters to show Sweden’s and Finland’s will to defend themselves. It comes as NATO allies and partner countries delivered more than…

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Canada: Ex-Indian students may be deported in case related to fake documentation

As many former international students from India face possible deportation from Canada in a case related to fake documentation, Canadian authorities have issued their first removal order in this regard. Karamjeet Kaur, based in the city of Edmonton in the province of Alberta, received the removal order from the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) on April 24, after exhausting her legal options in challenging potential deportation. Kaur, originally from Faridkot in Punjab, was sent an air ticket for New Delhi, via Toronto, for May 29. Kaur, who arrived in Canada in 2018, described the official action as “unfair” and said that she was “not a criminal”. Kaur is among a group of several such former students. There are at least…

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