"The unfree, medieval forces of the Middle East have won a victory today", says Denmark's former immigration minister.

As Home Office spending on asylum rose, Rishi Sunak defended the government's record.

In an open letter to the Home Office, an asylum seeker - speaking on behalf of the 39 originally on board the Bibby Stockholm barge - claims the government department did not contact those on board despite some showing symptoms.

An asylum seeker who paid £6,000 to come to the UK on a small boat from France has been told he faces a significant prison sentence after he admitted being a cannabis gardener in Telford.

The government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak only managed to deport two illegal boat migrants back to the European Union over the past year.

It comes after it was revealed that the Newport Pagnell hotel is owned by a convicted criminal.

An asylum seeker who had been living on the streets of Telford and eating food from bins to survive because immigration officials would not take responsibility for an administrative error smashed expensive hotel windows "to bring his plight to the attention…