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How the UK’s immigration system splits families apart – by design

The letter that arrived for eleven-year-old Guilherme in June 2025 was addressed personally to him. The UK Home Office was informing him that he and his eight-year-old brother Luca must return to Brazil. Their parents, an academic and a senior NHS nurse, both long-term UK residents with valid visas were…

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Labour Government to share asylum hotel location information with food delivery firms

KEIR Starmer has announced that the Home Office will share information about asylum hotel locations with food delivery companies.

The National (Scotland)

Suella Braverman criticises plans to house asylum seekers in former shop

The Conservative MP said the proposal for Waterlooville town centre is ‘utterly inappropriate’.

Evening Standard

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Record number of police officers were sacked in Britain last year

Latest Home Office data reveals 426 officers were dismissed or had their contracts terminated in the year to March

The Independent UK

Record number of police officers sacked amid drop in force numbers

Latest Home Office data reveals 426 officers were dismissed or had their contracts terminated in the year to March.

Evening Standard

Dover asylum protests pose danger to small boat arrivals, charities say

Home Office orders diversion from usual landing place to Ramsgate to avoid clashes with far right

The Guardian - UK

Location of asylum hotels to be shared with food delivery firms in Home Office clampdown on illegal working

The Home Office said the plan will help delivery apps uncover abuse on their platforms and quickly suspend accounts but immigration lawyers argue it will be ‘ineffective’ and easy to bypass

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Home Office to trial AI to check ages of asylum seekers

Artificial intelligence technology will be trialled to assess disputed ages of asylum seekers who say they are children, the Home Office has said

The National (Scotland)

Controversial AI technology will assess disputed ages of UK Asylum seekers

New system could be problematic, a watchdog says, especially where a child is denied rights and protections

The Independent UK

Artificial intelligence to be trialled for disputes over asylum seekers’ ages

Ministers hope to roll out facial age estimation for migrants arriving by small boats and lorries over 2026 after trialling of the technology.

Evening Standard

Smuggler crammed 21 migrants into small luxury yacht and tried to sneak them into UK

Albanian national Bleda Bega was captaining the 23ft vessel when it was intercepted in the English Channel en route to Newquay

Evening Standard

Businesses to notify government about ransom payments in cyber crime crackdown

The Home Office’s proposals come after Marks & Spencer refused to say if it had paid a ransom to hackers in a major attack earlier this year.

Evening Standard

Chippy owner given ‘devastating’ £40,000 fine by Home Office for allegedly illegal hire

Surrey chip shop staff left ‘terrified’ by immigration raid as ministers called on to lower penalties for small businesses

The Guardian - UK

UK may back down on demand for backdoor access to Apple users’ encrypted data

Government sources say pressure from Washington, including JD Vance, could lead to Home Office climbdown, according to reports

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The Independent UK

Preventing violence against women and girls must remain a priority

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Our second refuge – built thanks to the generosity of our readers – is complete. But far more work is needed to tackle the scourge of domestic abuse

The Guardian - UK

Leaked document shows boat slashing failed to stop migrants reaching UK

Coastguard log raises new concerns over safety and viability of flagship policy to intercept dinghies crossing Channel

The Guardian - UK

Border Force chief who ‘suggested game of Naked Attraction’ with colleagues was able to leave civil service with unblemished record

Exclusive: Review of Home Office procedures ordered after ‘shambolic’ disciplinary process relating to Steve Dann

Evening Standard

Ex-minister says no ‘fierce opposition’ to Afghan route amid data breach fallout

James Heappey said claims he had backed a ‘new entitlement’ for people affected by the breach but not eligible for other schemes were ‘untrue’.

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Jess Phillips agrees the economy ‘isn’t going well’ and it will take time before people feel ‘less skint’

The Home Office minister said the latest rise in unemployment figures were ‘disappointing’

Evening Standard

Illegal work crackdown: London businesses fined £1m a month as latest raids reveal workers in UK for 16 years

During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer said the rollout of eVisas would help tackle illegal working

The Independent UK

Windrush commissioner: Apprehension and suspicion remains towards Home Office

Clive Foster is a senior pastor at the Pilgrim Church in Nottingham and the son of parents who migrated to the UK from Jamaica in 1959.

The Guardian - UK

Windrush commissioner pledges to fight for justice for marginalised groups

Clive Foster aims to ‘confront uncomfortable realities’ and expand his remit to help those faced with discrimination

The Independent UK

Voices: Of course poets deserve a place on Britain’s list of ‘skilled workers’ for visa applications

COMMENT: Reform's Lee Anderson wants to close the book on ‘imported poets’ – but what does he think is happening, asks poet Luke Wright. Foreign poets, coming over here, taking all our line breaks?

Evening Standard

More migrants cross the channel a day after Macron and Starmer sign deal

According to the Home Office, some 353 people made the trip across the channel by small boat on Friday.

Evening Standard

What is the new UK-France deal to tackle Channel crossings?

Here is a closer look at the fresh plan and what the issue is.

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