Refugee activist’s house in Home Office raid for ‘unknown illegal persons’

Campaigner Tony Pierre is demanding answers as to why his home was searched by immigration officers without a warrant

A prominent refugee campaigner has demanded an explanation from the Home Office and Northumbria police after immigration enforcement officers raided his home without a warrant.

Tony Pierre - who has worked with refugees in Newcastle and abroad for the past seven years, making at least 10 trips to bring aid to refugees living on the streets in Calais and Dunkirk - said two immigration officers claiming to be looking for illegal immigrants" searched his house in an isolated hamlet last week, with local police officers in attendance.