A Birmingham Labour group has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after proposing to house asylum seekers in luxury hotels, sparking widespread condemnation from local residents and party members.
West Midlands Police and Home Office immigration enforcement officers discover suspected illegal living conditions during coordinated raid on Smethwick storage facility, with multiple individuals taken into custody.
An Iranian asylum seeker paid £400 for a taxi from Coventry to London only to be abandoned in Wolverhampton, leading to a court case that exposes transport exploitation.