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UK Records Highest Immigration Enforcement Arrests Since July 2024 Election
Border security and asylum minister Anna Turley said immigration enforcement arrests have reached "the highest levels in British history, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We're sending a message that if you think you can come to this country and work illegally and disappear off the books, then our immigration enforcement service will find you and will arrest you.
The Home Office figures show over 17,000 people were arrested in the year since the July 2024 general election. Meanwhile, the Conservative party has pledged to end social housing eligibility for all foreign nationals, saying it would free up almost 230,000 homes for British families. Under the proposals, tenants in England who do not qualify would be expected to move out within six months.
Shelter chief executive Sarah Elliott condemned the plans as "divisive, saying the policy would "brutally kick people out of their homes, including thousands of families and pensioners who have lived in them for decades. In Thetford, Norfolk, violent anti-immigration protests continued for a third night, with crowds attempting to storm a home believed to house asylum seekers. Norfolk police said two men in their 40s were arrested, and some asylum seekers had to be escorted from homes.
Source: Guardian Politics
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