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'Angry' Leeds residents living near Mercure hotel housing refugees say 'underhanded' plan could devalue homes

Wetherby residents have hit out at the 'secretive' and 'underhanded' methods to temporarily house Afghan refugees without public consultation

Leeds Live

Refugee children sent on arduous 20-hour flight from Kent to Outer Hebrides

The journey was said to be necessary due to the time it takes for the Home Office to issue such children with the travel authorisation documents allowing them to fly.

Daily Record

Home Office looking at asylum ‘safe’ list to combat Channel crisis – report

The Times says the plans would emulate a New Labour policy from the early 2000s.

The Independent UK

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Sunak has created a cabinet in his own image – one of weakness and invisibility

With the PM caving in on new homes, and Suella Braverman bunking off again, ministers showing leadership are hard to find

The Guardian - UK

UK asylum seekers with diphtheria symptoms to be held in ‘isolation hotels’

The Guardian - UK

MPs call for inquiry into claims of bullying in UK fire services

New details emerge from report on London’s brigades as opposition parties demand national review

The Guardian - UK

Government told to send ‘strong message’ and review fire service discrimination

The review found “dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women” and racism against colleagues.

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Leeds Mercure Hotel to be temporary home for '170' Afghan refugees

It is understood the Mercure Hotel in Wetherby will be welcoming their new guests from January

Leeds Live

Asylum seekers who die in UK Government housing to be remembered in new project

MERCY Baguma. Adnan Walid Elbi. Henok Zaid Gebrsslasie. You may have read these names in tragic headlines over the last two years, as all three were…

The National (Scotland)

Tory MPs’ plan for immediate return of Albanian asylum seekers ‘unworkable’

Refugee groups says proposal would breach UN convention and put vulnerable people at risk

The Guardian - UK

Send back all asylum seekers who are modern slavery ‘victims’, Tory MPs tell Rishi Sunak

David Davis says Home Office being ‘overly kindly’ – and ignoring ‘common sense’ solution

The Independent UK

Yes movement must do what we do best – focus on the campaigning

The SNP's Economy spokesperson Alison Thewliss said an independent Scotland can do a 'darn sight better than broke, broken, Brexit Britain'.

Daily Record

Home Office records only one case of diphtheria at Manston despite 50 reported

Government urged to explain official data on number of people with the disease at asylum reception centre

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers ‘contracted diphtheria overseas’ despite overcrowding, says minister

The dozens of asylum seekers who have contracted diphtheria had the highly-contagious disease before arriving in the UK, a Cabinet minister has said after the death of a man held at the Manston processing centre.

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The National (Scotland)

Braverman under fire after moving refugees with suspected diphtheria across the UK

The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman is under fire after moving asylum seekers with suspected diphtheria around the UK.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers ‘contracted diphtheria overseas’ despite overcrowding

Transport Secretary Mark Harper insisted the infections present an ‘extremely low risk’ to the wider public.

The Independent UK

Manston asylum seekers with suspected diphtheria ‘moved around UK’ as cases rise

Government accused of putting migrants and hotel workers at ‘preventable risk’

The Guardian - UK

Child asylum seekers detained as adults after UK Home Office ‘alters birth dates’

Unaccompanied child refugees describe attacks in notorious Manston camp after officials ‘ignore or discount’ ID documents

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The Independent UK

The ‘forgotten’ lives lost waiting for asylum in Britain

Exclusive: At least 140 people have died in housing or hotels provided by the Home Office since 2016. Now a new memorial is telling their stories, writes Lizzie Dearden

The National (Scotland)

Home Office hampering potential of Scottish hemp farmers, experts say

SCOTLAND’S hemp industry is being hampered by excessive regulation, according to industry experts.

Daily Record

Fears over shooting clubs as politicians call for tighter firearm restrictions

SNP MP Alyn Smith, who represents Dunblane, and Luke Pollard, the Labour MP for Plymouth, want an overhaul of existing gun laws.

Wales Online

Diphtheria cases on the rise after disease linked to migrant’s death at Manston

Diphtheria is rare in the UK because babies and children have been routinely vaccinated against it since the 1940s

The Independent UK

Diphtheria cases rising after disease linked to migrant’s death at Manston

Officials are expected to confirm that the number of cases of the highly-contagious disease has risen from 39 to about 50.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: half of English police forces fail to meet standards in crime investigations

Analysis by the Observer raises questions over whether policing is fit for purpose and will put more pressure on the home secretary

Evening Standard

London protesters to call for legal asylum route for Afghan women

Protesters will march from Park Lane to Westminster on Sunday

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