Pope Leo, like Francis, is an open borders enthusiast for whom it seems no migrant should be turned away. Why are senior churchmen so blind to sense and deaf to public concerns on border security, asks Prof Roger Watson.
Breaking: The new Merz Government has today ordered the pushback of all illegal migrants at the German border, effectively abolishing asylum in a policy change that, if maintained, could transform European border security.
Asylum hotels and other accommodation will cost the taxpayer £15 billion over 10 years – £4 million a day and more than triple the Government's original estimate, the National Audit Office has revealed.
Benefits claims by refugee households have increased by 33% in a year as costs surge above £1 billion for the first time, Government data show – and that's before the recent record small boats arrivals begin to claim.
The Left-wing judge who hid an armed Venezuelan gang member in his home shows that the US judiciary is escalating its war with Trump over illegal immigration, says Tony Morrison.
The number of migrants crossing the Channel so far this year has hit 10,000 in record time under Labour, as the total runs 40% higher than last year despite Starmer's pledge to "smash the gangs".
As a Catholic, Prof Roger Watson is sure Francis was appointed Pope for a reason. It's just that he's damned if he can figure out what it was. Certainly, it's not his liberalism that's drawn young people back to church.
Why do we fail to deport those whom we should deport? It's due in the end, says Dr David McGrogan, to an excess of pity. We are pitying ourselves into disorder and social decay. We need to be willing not to be nice.
Reform is favourite to win the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, overturning Labour's 14,700 majority. Why? It might have something to do with having the nation's third-highest number of asylum seekers, says Steven Tucker.
Do Democrats enjoy losing elections? It seems so as they double down on their obsession with migrant criminals. Witness the clown-world antics this week as a US Senator tries to bring 'home' a deported violent gangster.
