The Bibby Stockholm, which docked off the Dorset Coast last month, was supposed to house as many as 500 refugees, a few dozen of whom were sent aboard, and then removed due to the discovery of Legionnaire’s disease in the water supply of the barge.

The United Nations has lashed out at the UK for its controversial immigration legislation, warning it could have profound consequences for the people in need of international protection.

Hundreds of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who were placed in British government-run asylum hotels have vanished into thin air with authorities clueless of their whereabouts.

Thousands of Afghans who worked with British forces in Afghanistan for 20 years remain stranded in Pakistan and are being evicted from homes in the UK.

British refugee charities have accused the Home Office of attempting to deport unaccompanied 16-year-olds to Rwanda in the first wave of asylum seekers to be sent to east Africa.

Unjust laws that deliberately target people from minority ethnic backgrounds are to blame for the Windrush scandal, which saw hundreds wrongly detained, denied legal rights and, in some cases, deported from the UK.

British protesters have rallied in Westminster to protest against the Nationality and Borders Bill, calling for the “racist” legislation to be scrapped.