Home Office

The PSNI arrested a man and a woman in relation to abortion clinic Safe Access Zones at Causeway Hospital in October 2023. A friend of the woman said she is a devout Catholic and can be seen kneeling in prayer with her rosary beads while an officer speaks to her.

Church leader: 'Criminalising silent prayer akin to thought crime'

The Irish government - which has maintained that the border with Northern Ireland must remain open - has conducted immigration checks on people travelling across the border on busses. Some migrants have been returned to Belfast by train, with others deported by ferry to Holyhead.

Ireland's 'rank hypocrisy' on border checks

Belfast International Airport. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA

Passport checks at Belfast International disrupted

Alliance Party's Stephen Farry says the fact that EU citizens with permanent residency in the UK can't vote in Westminster elections is an injustice. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Farry slams voting rights ‘injustice’

A tourist from a third country visiting the Republic of Ireland will be committing a criminal offence if they cross into Northern Ireland without an ETA. It will not apply to Irish citizens because they have a right to travel to any part of the UK under the Common Travel Area

Home Office official admits enforcing new travel scheme will be ‘a challenge’

The Loughshore Hotel premises. Photo by Google

Former County Antrim hotel used to house refugees to be turned into nursing home

Loughshore Hotel, Carrickfergus. Pic: Google Maps

Application for change of use of hotel to nursing home

Letters to editor

Letter: The authorities have no idea of how many illegal migrants remain in NI

Image from Amnesty International of a rally at Belfast City Hall, welcoming refugees (asylum seekers are people who are applying for refugee status)

Belfast taking in more asylum seekers per head than almost anywhere in UK

A hemp crop waits to be harvested.

Planners consider cannabis plant proposal for production of cannabis medicines

The Home Office said there could be no exemptions

Home Office says Northern Ireland exemption to ETA would hit security efforts

The sign outside the Home Office in Westminster, London. Photo: Yui Mok/PA

Home Office says Northern Ireland exemption to ETA would hit security efforts

The four MPs who claimed driving fines on expenses revealed

Prince Harry

Prince Harry loses bid to challenge decision over UK security plans

Queen Elizabeth II: Government forked £162 million on state funeral

Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral revealed by Government

Men in the UK being offered £10,000 to pose as dads for migrant women’s babies in visa scam

UK men being offered £10,000 to pose as dads in visa scam
An investigation has found that men in the UK are being offered thousands of pounds to pose as fathers for migrant women’s babies in a visa scam.
Sam Johnson

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) meets with US President Joe Biden at the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast, during his visit to the island of Ireland. Picture date: Wednesday April 12, 2023.

Minister defends Biden-Sunak talks as White House says discussion was ‘general’

CCTV footage shows police storming a couple's Essex pub and seizing their golliwog dolls, saying the toys were a suspected hate crime (Photos: SWNS)

CAMRA makes damning verdict on pub at centre of Gollies row

MI5 has warned ministers of Chinese spies who buy citizenship through third countries to gain access to the UK.

Ministers warned of Chinese spies who slip through the UK

The top 10 UK burglary hotspots have been revealed

List shows top 10 burglary hotspots in the UK

The Bibby Stockholm will house 500 people (Photo: Home Office)

More than 500 asylum seekers to be housed on barge off coast

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said he expects to see “huge delays” for those trying to renew passports ahead of their summer holidays

Passport workers begin five-week strike in row over pay and conditions

Police searching for Madeleine McCann to get extra funding

Martin Lewis has issued guidance to British holidaymakers heading abroad soon

Money Saving Expert team issues passport warning to holidaymakers

Data has revealed how many people are being prosecuted each week for failing to pay their BBC TV licence

TV licence row as thousands prosecuted each week for failing to pay

Northern Ireland contractor Henry Brothers has been appointed on the Ministry of Justice Constructor Services Framework for the first time

Henry Brothers appointed on Ministry of Justice Constructor Services Framework

Letters to editor

I trust investigators got CS Lewis' real message as they pored over his work
A letter from Cliff Cardwell:
Letters

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Passport fees have increased for the first time in five years - here’s how much they now cost

New passport prices for adults & children as fees increase

The Belfast Loughshore Hotel in Carrickfergus has been probably the best known of the migrant hubs

Number of Northern Irish hotels used to house migrants officially revealed

DNP is used as a ‘slimming pill’ (not pictured) and has killed 33 people in the UK.

‘Slimming pill’ DNP to be classified as poison after 33 deaths

You can renew your UK passport online.

Countdown to passport price hike - how to apply before charge increase

Home Office vows law change to protect victims of sexual assault

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

Scotland Yard continue investigations in uranium contaminated package

Detainees are seen inside the Manston holding centre for asylum seekers. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick this week vowed "more radical" policies to counter illegal migration.

Diphtheria confirmed at asylum centre following man’s death

‘Potentially hazardous’ substance found on body dumped in UK street - residents unable to leave their homes

‘Potentially hazardous’ substance found on body dumped in UK street

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Conservative Party Conference. Credit: Getty Images

Home Secretary plans to crack down on protests with new bill

Aftermath of the damage, inside and out

VIDEO: Inside the Wind Rose – the Carrickfergus pub left charred by fire

Mears Group named as best company to work for in Northern Ireland

Mears Group named best company to work for in Northern Ireland

TUI has warned travellers to check the date on their passports before travelling abroad (Photo: Adobe)

TUI issues passport warning to everyone with a holiday booked this year

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg

Sandra Chapman - Jacob Rees-Mogg puts the dampers on working from home

Ian Snowden, head of Ukraine support from the Executive Office, and Sharon Sinclair from the Red Cross at last week’s opening of the Ukraine Assistance Centre in Belfast. It will provide a range of services and advice for refugees arriving in Northern Ireland from Ukraine

Unionists frustrated at problems with UK refugee scheme for Ukrainians

Refugees from Ukraine walk on the jetty after arriving by ferry at the Romanian-Ukrainian border point Isaccea-Orlivka on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)

Number of refugees from Ukraine arriving in NI expected to grow quickly

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK would be “as generous as we could” in its support for Ukrainian refugees. Picture: Leon Neal/PA Wire

United Kingdom will be generous to Ukrainian refugees, says Boris Johnson

Deputy leader Stephen Farry during his speech to the Alliance Party conference on Saturday

Alliance Party conference: We want to fix problems of NI Protocol, says Stephen ...

Asda trials self-ID cameras that verify your age when buying alcohol at self-che...

Letter to the editor

Is male violence a reaction to rising status of women?

Red Cross

Whoever ends up governing NI, these should be their top five priorities

Belfast Loughshore Hotel

Carrick migrant hotel: Home Office suggests answering questions is dangerous

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Tuesday January 4, 2022. PA Photo.

Strike threat over Channel migrant plans

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Tuesday January 4, 2022. PA Photo.

New arrivals keep coming over English Channel in 2022

The scheme allows EU citizens to live and work in the UK

Settlement scheme’s 230,000 late claims

Stewart Dickson

‘There is no place for any protests againt refugees’ says Alliance MLA

The aftermath of the Grenfell fire disaster of 2017, when a fire that started on the fourth floor spread rapidly up the outside of the building

Stormont sets up £1m fund to remove dangerous cladding