Dozens of homeless asylum seekers have been setting up makeshift encampments outside Westminster Cathedral every night, with photos showing men urinating in public and dumping belongings in flowerbeds. The encampment was dispersed by security guards on at least two occasions over the Easter weekend. Locals have reported that this has become a regular occurrence in the area, leading to feelings of powerlessness among residents.

Labour has been accused of hypocrisy after planning to send failed asylum seekers to "return hubs" overseas, similar to the scrapped Tory Rwanda scheme. The Conservatives responded with fury and compared it to the original plan, while the UN's refugee agency has endorsed the idea, providing guidelines on how returns hubs could meet legal standards. A government source said the UNHCR's support boosted ministers' efforts to move forward with the plans, but Labour's Shadow Home Office minister Matt Vickers called the move "total hypocrisy" and criticized illegal crossings continuing to rise.

Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews is being criticized for comparing Donald Trump’s deportation of a migrant to Adolf Hitler's actions during the Holocaust. The controversy surrounds Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran man who was accidentally deported from the US last month and is now being held in El Salvador's CECOT prison, which human rights groups have condemned as a modern-day gulag. Despite several US courts ruling that Garcia was deported in error and calling for his return, the Trump administration has held firm, alleging he is affiliated with the MS-13 gang, a claim Garcia denies.

Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a deported illegal migrant and alleged MS-13 member, in El Salvador on Thursday. Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation. Van Hollen posted a photo of their meeting and called Abrego Garcia's wife, but did not provide an update on his status. The Trump administration responded with criticism, with a spokesman calling Van Hollen out for prioritizing Abrego Garcia over his own constituents.