Tag Archives: asylum seeker

Police chief dragged into Surrey Street trader’s latest vendetta

Posted on May 21, 2026 by insidecroydon

Repeated allegations posted across social media platforms by Jose Joseph could yet be the subject of legal action, as Met officer requires the stall-holder to alter one recent, misleading message. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES  Jose Joseph, the eccentric Surrey Street … Continue reading →

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Mayor hopeful’s £40,000 Home Office fine for migrant worker

Posted on April 25, 2026 by insidecroydon

2026 LOCAL ELECTIONS: Market trader was removed as chair of the Croydon Business Association last October, and is now running as an independent candidate after quitting Labour and Reform in the first three months of this year Jose Joseph, the … Continue reading →

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How we’ve managed to make a bad, sad situation much worse

Posted on September 11, 2025 by insidecroydon

There’s a new level of toxicity around the intertwined issues of race, immigration and asylum seekers, and in this latest Andrew Fisher Interview, our columnist talks to Dr Maya Goodfellow, the academic and writer, about how far-right rhetoric has been … Continue reading →

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Five people charged after brutal attack on teenaged refugee

Posted on April 3, 2017 by insidecroydon

Police investigating the brutal assault on a teenaged refugee in Croydon on Friday night have charged five people in connection with the attack, which has left the asylum seeker in hospital with serious injuries to his head. The group will … Continue reading →

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Six arrested after racist attack on teenager in Shrublands

Posted on April 2, 2017 by insidecroydon

A teenager lies in a hospital bed this morning in a “serious but stable” condition, after being battered in a vicious attack by a racist mob, an attack which had terrible overtones of the kind of brutal assault which saw … Continue reading →

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