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More than 60,000 visitor visa applications taking over 50 days to be processed

Between January 1 and June 30 this year, 62,779 applications took 50 days or more to process

Evening Standard

‘Desensitised’ ex-IS followers remain threats, Shamima Begum hearing told

Home Office argues people trafficked to Syria were exposed to extreme violence which poses ‘almighty problem’

The Guardian - UK

About 4,000 Afghan children still living in hotels in UK after Taliban takeover

The Home Office published updated figures on Thursday.

The Independent UK

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Asylum system in ‘serious peril’ amid soaring backlog of cases

Home Office figures show 143,377 people are awaiting a decision on their claim

The Independent UK

Albanians make up just over a third of small boat arrivals in 2022 so far

The total number of crossings for this year provisionally stands at 42,154.

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum: People can ‘still be threats to national security even when brainwashed’, Home Office says

Shamima Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State

Evening Standard

People can ‘still be threats to national security even if they were brainwashed’

Shamima Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State.

The Independent UK

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Skint fire chiefs told to pay £4,000 for EACH soldier to cover striking firefighters

Skint fire service chiefs face having to pay £4,000 per week per soldier if they are drafted in to cover pay strikes from February - but they won't be allowed into burning buildings or to rescue people. One authority chairman blasted: 'It's crazy'

Daily Mirror

British Red Cross helps refugees in Bristol with ‘vital’ second-hand mobile phones

Most are unable to keep in touch with family and contact emergency services

Bristol Post

UK net migration surges to post-war high after 'unprecedented' world events

Labour warned the Tories had 'completely failed to get a grip' of the asylum and immigration system as the war in Ukraine, arrivals of Afghans and Hongkongers and the end of lockdown restrictions fuel surge in net migration

Daily Mirror

Shamima Begum’s mother says ‘world fell apart’ after daughter fled to join ISIS

Shamima Begum, now 23, was 15 when she went to Turkey from east London to join members of the so-called Islamic State before being found nine months pregnant in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019

Daily Mirror

‘Stateless’ Shamima Begum would face death in Bangladesh, court hears

Lawyer says home secretary failed to consider ‘serious consequences’ of removing 23-year-old’s citizenship

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Coastguard failings in run up to Channel migrant drowning disaster

Exclusive: Staff worked 20-hour days in build-up to tragedy that killed 27 people, source tells Nicola Kelly

The Independent UK

UK spending more aid on refugees at home than on assistance to poor countries

Statistics on last year’s spending show much of slashed UK aid went on domestic costs as help for Africa plummeted.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman says people coming to UK illegally ‘at fault’ for processing chaos

Home secretary faces five legal challenges over crisis at Manston processing centre for asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Government has ‘failed to control UK’s borders’, Home Secretary admits

Suella Braverman sought to blame migrants crossing the Channel for the problems with overcrowding at the Manston processing site.

The National (Scotland)

Braverman fails to answer on 'safe and legal routes' in car-crash grilling

SUELLA Braverman admitted there were no safe and legal routes for many people to apply for asylum in the UK during a car-crash grilling for the…

The Independent UK

Home Office top mandarin still unsure if £140m Rwanda plan is value for money

It is more than seven months since former home secretary Priti Patel announced the deal in a bid to curb Channel crossings.

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Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman unable to explain how orphan refugee can get to UK in car crash clash

The under-fire Home Secretary was asked by Tory backbencher Tim Loughton how a teenager fleeing war and persecution in East Africa could apply for asylum from abroad - and she was unable to answer

The Independent UK

Inexperienced and low-paid staff adding to asylum claims backlog, Home Office insiders say

‘It’s taking them longer to learn and that slows it all down,’ one employee reportedly said

The Independent UK

‘Aggressive’ Dominic Raab hit by more formal complaints over bullying allegations

Fresh claims made as Rishi Sunak set to appoint independent investigator

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Inside Arts Council England’s devastating cuts

In today’s newsletter: As enraged arts workers protest, we explore what the new world might look like for our cultural institutions – and why even opera haters should care about the fate of English National Opera

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum’s school and police ‘missed opportunities’, court told

Shamima Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join IS in February 2015.

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel threatens action over ‘unfounded’ asylum seeker hotel claims

Exclusive: Ex-home secretary rejects claim she oversaw two-month ‘pause’ in finding rooms for asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Labour warns women’s domestic abuse calls to police ‘being ignored’

Home Office minister Sarah Dines said tackling domestic abuse is an ‘absolute priority’ for the Government.

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