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Politicians voice 'serious concerns' as 60 asylum seekers move into Lanarkshire hotel

Council officials have been in meetings for months over the matter, despite telling us they knew 'nothing about it'

Daily Record

Home Office says delays will not affect UK citizens returning with EU families

Relief for many as department says post-Brexit applications received before 29 March deadline will be processed

The Guardian - UK

Fight against grooming gangs hindered by fear of being branded racist, says official

Inquiry official calls for the ethnicity data of grooming gangs to be recorded so the ‘scale and nature’ of the abuse is understood and can be acted upon

The Independent UK

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Home Office slammed by inspector for airport eGates chaos amid queues and bust-ups

Government inspector David Neal blamed staff cuts, inadequate training and Covid rule changes for airport "mayhem" with queues of up to five hours at some UK airports

Daily Mirror

Refugee hotel rooms ‘not good value for money’ says Afghanistan evacuee

Abdul has lived with his wife in a London hotel room for nearly five months.

The Independent UK

Migrants forced to wait on concrete floor for hours at Dover processing site, say Border Force staff

Exclusive: Immigration Services Union condemns lack of resources at reception site and warns Home Office is now to move arrivals to new facility that is ‘so far off minimum health and safety requirements’

The Independent UK

Nottingham's Windrush Generation speak out about long fight for justice after Home Office visit

A church has been helping people fight and appeal deportation

Nottingham Post

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Home Office to stop paying for Afghan refugees’ toiletries and medication

Letter to former guard at British embassy in Kabul says measures will come into effect on 11 February

The Guardian - UK

Refugees in hotels told free access to toiletries and medication will be cut

A letter has been sent to refugees after it was revealed the Government is spending £4.7 million per day housing asylum seekers in hotels.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel blasted by stats watchdog for using dodgy figures

The Prime Minister claimed the Government had been boasting that the Tories had cut crime by 14%. And the Home Office released seemingly positive crime figures last week that didn't include a number of offences

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel rebuked by watchdog over ‘misleading’ claims crime has fallen

PM falsely claimed crime had fallen by 14 per cent while responding to Sue Gray report on No 10 parties

The Independent UK

Home Office criticised for not housing asylum seekers properly as hotel costs mount

Government spending £4.7m a day on hotels, four times the amount previously stated

The Guardian - UK

Government presented crime figures in ‘misleading way’ – watchdog

UK Statistics Authority received complaints over allegations the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary falsely claimed crime had fallen.

The Independent UK

LGBT+ asylum seekers fear for personal safety in official housing, report claims

The report reveals harrowing comments and figures relating to LGBT+ asylum seeker's experience living in Home Office dispersal accommodation

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The Independent UK

Home Office admits cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels almost four times figure given to MPs

Department forced to issue correction over almost £5m a day spent on hotels

The Independent UK

Priti Patel falsely tells MPs most Channel boat passengers are not asylum seekers

Home secretary lashes out at ‘economic migrants’ after Home Office report says almost all boat passengers claim asylum

The Independent UK

Home Office spends £1.2m a day housing asylum seekers and Afghan refugees in hotels

More than £438m a year spent accommodating 37,000 individuals who have been evacuated from Afghanistan or are claiming asylum in the UK - which charities brand ‘failed strategy’

The Independent UK

Supreme Court throws out legal challenge against £1,012 child citizenship fee

Judges recognise Home Office fee excludes large numbers of children from citizenship rights - but says Parliament is authorised to set amount

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The Independent UK

Fears Afghans in ‘desperate need’ will miss out as one-third of resettlement places filled by people already in UK

More than 6,500 Afghans in Britain granted places on new scheme that aimed to resettle 5,000 in first year

The Guardian - UK

Immigration limbo continues for many

Letters: Home Office | Memorable expressions | Albania | Marmalade | Great British institutions

The Independent UK

‘You think it is a prison’ – inside barracks used to house asylum seekers

The Home Office says it has made significant improvements to Napier Barracks in the last year.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel ‘misleading’ public by calling Channel crossings illegal after court rules asylum seekers not committing crime

Exclusive: Home secretary and ministers have continued to call crossings ‘illegal’ in parliament despite ruling

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan man left in immigration limbo for decades can stay in UK

Ponnampalam Jothibala, who came to the UK in 1983, granted indefinite leave to remain by Home Office

The Guardian - UK

UK urged to suspend ‘golden visas’ after fast tracking of Russian millionaires

Liberal Democrat peer accuses Home Office of ‘selling residency’

The Independent UK

‘Utter contempt’: Thousands of Turkish nationals in Britain trapped in limbo due to Home Office delays

Exclusive: Businesspeople who were welcomed to UK are falling destitute as they wait more than a year for visas

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