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Government strikes returns deal with Iraq in latest bid to deter small boats

The agreement signed during a visit to the UK by Iraq’s deputy prime minister will allow for the ‘swift’ return of failed asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

Migrant returns deal struck with Iraq in latest bid to deter small boat Channel crossings

The deal will allow for the ‘swift’ return of failed asylum seekers, the Home Office said

Evening Standard

Government signs deal with Iraq to return illegal migrants in latest bid to deter small boats

It comes after an £800,000 deal last year with Baghdad to help the country crack down on smuggling networks

The Independent UK

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Home Office intervention blocked as English council bids to stop housing refugees

THE Home Office has asked to intervene in a court case brought by an English council attempting to block asylum seekers from being housed in a local…

The National (Scotland)

‘Nothing is the same’: Windrush victim allowed to return to UK after 28 years

George Lee was stuck in Poland and received little help from UK officials even after the scandal broke in 2018

The Guardian - UK

'Home Office urged us to return to Syria – despite my kids facing death threats'

THE Home Office tried to talk a Syrian family into returning to their home country despite death threats levelled against the mother and children…

The National (Scotland)

Four ways the UK has tried to stop small boat Channel crossings

From Rwanda to wave machines, successive governments have tried, and failed, to deter people crossing from France

The Guardian - UK

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MPs to debate doubling skilled worker visa residency requirement amid backlash at new immigration rules

More than 250,000 people signed two official petitions against Home Office plans to make it more difficult for immigrants to Britain to qualify for permanent residence

Evening Standard

People held under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal say they had not heard of it

Some of first group of small boat arrivals to be detained say they are terrified of being sent back to their home countries

The Guardian - UK

Arms firms lobbied for Palestine Action 'terrorists' label, files reveal

AN arms lobby group pressed both the UK and Scottish Governments to curb movements from Palestine Action more than a month before the group was…

The National (Scotland)

More than 100 migrants in one vessel thought to have bumped crossings to 27,799

Home Office figures show 325 migrants crossed the English Channel by small boat on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

UK immigration system targeted by hackers - dangerous new phishing campaign hits Sponsorship Management System

Phishing emails are being used to steal account credentials to generate fake jobs and visa schemes.

TechRadar

Live facial recognition to be widened in neighbourhood policing drive

A new legal framework will be drawn up to support the expanded use of the technology, the Government said.

The Independent UK

Government rolls out expansion of police facial recognition vans

A new legal framework will be drawn up to support the expanded use of the technology, the Government has said

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Post-Brexit chaos as EU citizens living in Britain wrongly barred from UK

Body which protectes EU citizens’ rights warns Home Office they should not be removed if they make a short trip overseas for business or a holiday

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch proposes housing migrants in ‘camps’ as crossings near 50,000 under Labour

Kemi Badenoch has suggested placing asylum seekers currently housed in hotels into “camps”, as new Home Office figures reveal that almost 50,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer took office.

Evening Standard

Minister urges council not to revoke licence of Indian restaurant facing closure after hiring illegal workers

Sir Stephen Timms issued a letter in support of Udaya, which received a £180,000 Home Office fine for employing four illegal workers

The Guardian - UK

EU citizens awaiting UK residency status have right to travel, Home Office told

Statutory body expresses ‘serious concerns’ over difficulties faced by some applicants taking short trips abroad

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The Independent UK

Home Office releases video showing foreign criminals being deported

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‘The Home Office is forcing me to leave the UK and a job I love to go to a country I’ve never called home’

Shady El Farra, a 28-year-old Egyptian national, worked at British Airways after studying in the UK and is fighting to be allowed to make Britain his home

The Guardian - UK

Canadian who could not renew visa due to mental health crisis faces UK ban

Academic Heather Scott has been told by Home Office that being ‘acutely ill’ is not an exceptional circumstance

The Independent UK

Hundreds of asylum seekers arrested in nationwide crackdown on illegal working

Almost a third of those arrested have been detained pending removal from the country

Evening Standard

Potential victims of modern slavery at record high, latest figures show

The latest Government data, published on Wednesday, gives figures for the three months from April to June 2025.

The Guardian - UK

First people to be returned to France under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal

People detained after arriving in small boat expected to be returned within three weeks, says Home Office

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about justice’: the couple pushing for legal aid for Windrush scandal claims

Home Office behaviour has convinced Hetticia and Vanderbilt McIntosh that only experts lawyers can change system

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