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The Ukrainian refugees who have families ready to welcome them in Wales but are waiting on a flawed and 'embarrassing' system

Families in Wales have laid bare the difficulties they are having in welcoming refugees that they've befriended on social media into their homes

Wales Online

Windrush scandal: timeline of key events

Attempt to deny rights of Commonwealth citizens to remain in UK first highlighted by Guardian in 2017

The Guardian - UK

6 bits of bad news slipped out by the Tories hours before the Easter holiday

It's 'Take Out the Trash Day' - when the government rushes out a flurry of announcements hours before Parliament rises

Daily Mirror

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Passenger stuck at airport for nearly four hours says travellers 'treated like cattle'

Because of a litany of snags and glitches with aircraft handling, immigration and baggage delays, Ian Longley claims it wasn’t until after 4pm he finally left the airport

Daily Mirror

Windrush: Home Office has failed to transform its culture, report says

Independent expert Wendy Williams finds ‘lack of tangible progress or drive to achieve cultural changes required’

The Guardian - UK

UK still struggling to address Windrush scandal failings

The U.K. government agency that oversees immigration is still struggling to address many of the problems that upended the lives of thousands of people of Caribbean descent wrongly targeted as illegal migrants, an independent reviewer said Thursday, more than four years after the scandal rocked Britain

The Independent UK

UK politics: fury from unions as pay rises for civil servants capped at 3% – as it happened

Public and Commercial Services Union says offer is in effect a pay cut because of rising inflation and prices

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office’s claims of compassion ring increasingly hollow

Analysis: The publication of yet another critical investigation into the department follows a well-worn pattern

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian children with cancer airlifted to UK remain split from families

Families of 21 seriously ill children fear they will never see them again owing to UK visa delays

The Guardian - UK

Britain's rising UFC star Muhammad Mokaev details early days as refugee in UK

Mokaev lived in a refugee camp and was given just £5 a day upon his arrival in the UK, but the 21-year-old has developed into one of the top prospects in MMA

Daily Mirror

Ukraine visa scheme flaws could lead to ‘homelessness crisis’, warns Labour

MPs call on minister to issue urgent guidance to councils after figures show 150 Ukrainian families homeless

The Independent UK

Hundreds of lone child refugees still placed in ‘unacceptable’ hotels

Primary school aged children have been placed in unregulated hotels youngsters have disappeared from

The Independent UK

Home Office blasted for exaggerating progress made after Windrush scandal

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said she is 'pleased' with what the Home Office has achieved, despite a damning report highlighting only eight out of 30 recommendations, to shift the department's culture, have been made in two years.

Daily Mirror

Passenger stuck in Manchester Airport for nearly FOUR HOURS after flight due to queues, glitches and staff shortage

“We are aware of challenges faced by our partners on the day in question, which led to service standards falling below what we want to see at Manchester Airport."

Manchester Evening News

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The Independent UK

Home Office must change or next Windrush may only be a matter of time – report

So far, only eight of 30 recommendations from a review two years ago have been implemented in full.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine refugees trying to get UK visas facing ‘Kafkaesque’ system, MPs told

Shadow home secretary says tens of thousands of desperate people still stuck in system

The Independent UK

Home Office ‘runs risk of another Windrush’ if it doesn’t transform culture, independent reviewer says

Report by Wendy Williams finds ‘limited evidence’ that Home Office is being compassionate when handling cases

Evening Standard

Change or risk another Windrush scandal, Home Office is warned

The Home Office is at risk of another Windrush type scandal because of its “disappointing” progress in implementing key reforms to change its culture, the author of an official inquiry has warned.

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The Independent UK

More progress needed if Home Office is to learn from Windrush scandal – report

The findings come two years after a critical review by Wendy Williams concluded the scandal was ‘foreseeable and avoidable’.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham painter overjoyed as Kenyan wife can finally join him in UK after Home Office U-turn

Her visa was initially rejected

Bristol Post

Home Office EU immigration problems making woman feel like 'third class citizen'

"Every time I get a no for an answer, it adds a rock to my bag and I am just going down"

Daily Record

Ukrainian boy escapes to safety in Scotland after Record forces Home Office u-turn

Yuri, nine, and sister Victoria, 14, set for flight to Scotland this week after Daily Record intervention brings a visa for the Ukrainian kids.

The Guardian - UK

High court hears case of Afghan family unable to get to UK without biometrics

Relaxing of requirement for Ukrainians does not extend to Afghans eligible for sanctuary in UK

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s terrifying here’: families are sick and scared in Ukraine as they wait for UK visas

Boris Johnson defends ‘generous’ record on refugees yet just 2,700 visas have been issued under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the Home Office says

The Independent UK

Michael Gove meets Edinburgh Ukrainian Club members

The Secretary of State for Housing and Communities said he discussed how to make the Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘even better’.

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