Dilshad Shamo, 41, and Ali Khdir, 40, both from Caerphilly, are accused of unlawfully moving hundreds of people through Europe, by arranging the movement of migrants in boats, HGVs and cars from Iraq, Iran and Syria. Wales News Service

The two men deny five counts of conspiring to breach migration laws in Italy, Romania, Croatia and Germany to bring people into EU countries.

Two men accused of running people-smuggling ring from Welsh car wash

Anas Al Mustafa, 43, was convicted of assisting unlawful migration by trafficking the seven people in a specially adapted van.

Van driver who smuggled migrants found screaming for help jailed for 10 years

Business caught employing people with no right to work in the UK can faces fines up to £60,000.

Crackdown on car washes over illegal employment as firms face fines of £60k

Judge Roger ter Haar adjourned a bid for an injunction to “protect” Stradey Park hotel after getting mail from people living nearby.

Injunction bid to 'protect' Stradey Park Hotel adjourned

A number of people, communities and organisations have spoken out about their opposition to the idea of housing asylum seekers in hotels. 

Why are hotels being used to house asylum seekers?

Tensions rise in Llanelli as protesters on both sides of the argument line the streets on how to house as

How the extent of the UK's asylum issue has been exposed in a small Welsh town

Three volunteers have travelled from Cardiff to Calais to help the migrants fleeing their countries but say conditions are only getting worse. 

'It's getting worse': The desperate conditions inside the Calais migrant camps

Simon Hart also hit back at criticism from First Minister Mark Drakeford, who branded the policy "cruel and inhumane".

Don't write off Rwanda migrant plan, says Welsh Secretary

Mustafa Dawood's Newport workplace was raided by immigration officers back in 2018.

Immigration officers 'could have contributed to death' of asylum seeker 

As many as 2,000 Europeans living legally in Wales may lose their rights to healthcare, pensions and residency if they do not complete an application to stay.

Warning of 'Windrush Two' for EU citizens as deadline to live in Wales looms

The Home Office has faced repeated criticism over its use of Penally Camp and Napier Barracks in Folkestone to accommodate asylum seekers.

'Fundamental failures' at Penally camp says full report 

The closure comes after a report found "fundamental failures" in the housing of asylum seekers at the former military base.

Controversial Penally asylum seeker camp to shut, MP confirms

Mark Drakeford said the Home Office had behaved "unacceptably" by failing "to address serious issues regarding living conditions" at the camp.

FM calls for Penally asylum seeker camp to close 'as quickly as possible'

A police and crime commissioner has asked the Home Office to apologise to residents over an "impractical decision" to house migrants at a military barracks.

Home Office asked to apologise to residents over migrants in Penally barracks

Plans to house 234 asylum seekers at a former military base in the village have divided opinion and sparked protests.

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