"Be careful how you make your trip to the airport" said Mr Aaltonen. "That's the most dangerous part of the trip compared to the actual flight."
Over the past 12 months about 44,000 people entered the UK illegally - about 5% of the nearly one million people who immigrated to the UK between April 2024 and March 2025.The government has also promised "
This refers to the backlog of claims by asylum seekers who are waiting to hear whether they will be granted refugee status and be allowed to remain in the UK.Since last summer, there has been a 58% increase in decisions on asylum cases.This, combined with a recent fall in applications has meant the overall backlog of asylum cases has fallen compared with the end of June 2024.
Under Labour, 40% of asylum claims were granted between January and March 2025.Another backlog the government wants to clear is the mountain of court appeals from asylum seekers following rejected claims.
That backlog has got worse since last summer's election.
There were about 33,000 cases at the end of June, rising to nearly 42,000 in December - the highest total since at least 2015.told CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, details of the trade will be "ironed out" once Chinese President Xi Jinping and Trump speak, but he did not say exactly when that conversation is expected.
"What China is doing is they are holding back products that are essential for the industrial supply chains of India, of Europe. And that is not what a reliable partner does," Bessent said.The Treasury Secretary claimed China could be withholding some products because of a "glitch", or he said it could be "intentional" - but the administration would not know for sure until a call with both countries happened.
On Friday, China urged the US toWhite House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told ABC News on Sunday that Trump and Xi are expected to talk this week, and said "both sides have expressed a willingness to talk".