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Hundreds of thousands of people impacted by passport delays this year – watchdog

The National Audit Office said longer waits ‘created anxiety for those with travel plans and hampered people’s ability to prove their identity’.

The Independent UK

Asylum tribunal capacity extended in bid to tackle backlog of 25,000 cases

It comes as a senior Tory MP condemns the Home Office for illegal migration rhetoric

Evening Standard

Travellers warned of Christmas disruption amid strikes at Manchester Airport

The Home Office advises that immigration and customs checks may take longer during peak times on strike days

Liverpool Echo

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Immigration staff at busiest UK airports to strike over Christmas

In a dispute over pay, staff in passport booths would walk out on eight days from December 23 to 31, union says.

Al Jazeera

Newport hotel reportedly close to provide accommodation for asylum seekers

The Home Office said the number of people arriving in the UK 'has put our asylum system under incredible strain'

Wales Online

Christmas travel chaos: How Border Force and rail strikes could affect festive travel plans

‘If they go ahead with those strikes there will be undeniable, serious disruption caused to many thousands of people who have holiday plans’ – home secretary, Suella Braverman

The Independent UK

Christmas travel chaos ahead after airport passport control strikes announced

Series of Border Force walk-outs planned over pay, pensions and jobs

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Windrush victim granted right to remain in UK after 10-year battle

Roy Harrison slept in bin shed and lost partner and business after being charged with crime he says he didn’t commit

The Guardian - UK

Albanian ambassador hits out at ‘campaign of discrimination’ amid rise in Channel crossings

Qirjako Qirko repeatedly told MPs his government has ‘no information’ about an increase in people from the Balkan state making the journey to the UK.

The Independent UK

Foreign Office making ‘draconian’ cuts to overseas aid, says Andrew Mitchell

Development minister says Ukrainian refugees have affected costs while UK ‘no longer a development superpower’

The Guardian - UK

Three arrested over Bolivian people smuggling using common travel area

The Home Office believes migrants were charged thousands of pounds to be flown from Bolivia to the UK through Ireland.

The Independent UK

'Frankly disturbing': MP calls for Medomsley inquiry and stop to women suffering on the same site

Jarrow MP Kate Osborne visited Derwentside Women’s Immigration Removal Centre on Monday

Chronicle Live

Record 7 million passports processed this year as Brits embrace post-pandemic travel

An average of almost 700,000 passports have been processes each month of 2022

Evening Standard

Harry’s libel claim against Mail on Sunday paused for settlement discussions

Harry is suing Associated Newspapers Limited over an article about his separate case against the Home Office regarding UK security arrangements.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Sunak says Government must ‘go further’ in tackling crime

Progress on reducing crime was discussed at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting – but widespread industrial action was not.

The Independent UK

Border Force strikes: minister confirms army would be brought in but warns ‘there will be disruption’

‘We are now in a position to call significant industrial action,’ say Home Office staff

Evening Standard

British man separated from wife and young son for more than a year amid Home Office visa battle

Dylan Watkins lives in Cambridge with his two daughters while his wife and son live in Egypt

Chronicle Live

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre requires 'urgent improvement' in safety procedures

Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) holds a number of extremely vulnerable women but inspection of the centre found the need for 'urgent improvement' in areas of safety

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The Guardian - UK

UN refugee body criticises ‘errors’ in asylum report backed by Braverman

Organisation questions use of ‘illegal’ to describe asylum seekers in report calling for radical crackdown

Evening Standard

Albanians should be barred from claiming asylum in UK, says minister

Albanians should be barred from claiming asylum in the UK as they are coming from a “demonstrably safe” country, the Immigration Minister has said. Robert Jenrick said such individuals should be “excluded from the right to claim asylum” as he warned that current levels of migration into the UK were…

The Independent UK

‘Unworkable’ asylum plans backed by Suella Braverman condemned as ‘completely out of step with British values’

The home secretary says she will do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop Channel crossings

The Guardian - UK

Home Office considers detention and ban for people entering illegally

Tough measures to address ‘big concern’ for Tory voters are among suggestions in report by rightwing thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Refugee who illegally brought injured niece to UK given leave to remain

Najat Ibrahim Ismail was jailed in 2017 and officials tried to deport him three times before judge ruled in his favour

The Independent UK

‘Most vulnerable women I’ve seen’: Pregnant migrants in Home Office hotel struggling to access healthcare

Exclusive: Women walking ‘several miles to us without coats or socks and just slippers only several days before their due date,’ local pastor says

Tribune News Service

Wealthy Russian arrested in London over money laundering

A “wealthy Russian businessman” was arrested in London this week on suspicion of offenses including money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office, and conspiracy to commit perjury.

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