UK immigration enforcement teams made 609 arrests in January, marking a 73% increase from the same period in 2024, AFP reported. This effort is part of the Labour government’s plan to address undocumented migration and combat people-smuggling rings. The arrests were conducted at over 800 locations, including restaurants, nail salons, car washes, and convenience stores. This surge comes after Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer reversed his predecessor Rishi Sunak’s controversial plan to deport migrants to Rwanda, opting instead to dismantle criminal gangs involved in illegal migration. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper emphasised that…
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Pakistan asks UNSC to take action against terror threats from Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS: Amid ongoing efforts to curb the menace of terrorism, Pakistan has demanded for the need to address and take action against the threat posed by terrorist safe havens existing in neighbouring Afghanistan. “This threat of Daesh, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Majeed Brigade is a threat not only to Afghanistan and Pakistan but to the entire region and beyond,” Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Munir Akram, said while speaking during a UNSC debate on the 20th biannual report of the secretary-general on the threat posed by…