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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

Wales Online

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

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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

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 Independent UK

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Immigration limbo continues for many

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

The Guardian - 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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

Lack of data on citizenship-stripping goes against the Home Office's duty of transparency

A group of lawyers found that at least 464 people have had their citizenship removed by the government over the last 15 years. They pieced together the data using freedom of information requests and other publications – a challenge, because the Home Office does not publish the information regularly.

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office defends right to seize Channel asylum seekers’ phones

Lawyers representing home secretary apologise for secrecy but tell high court that policy is lawful

The Independent UK

Home Office admits unlawful secret policy to seize all Channel migrants’ phones

Asylum seekers had all possessions seized, despite committing no crime, amid Home Office ‘misunderstanding’ over law

The Independent UK

Anger as expert who wrote pre-Grenfell fire safety guidance handed £210,000 contract to update it

Home Office hires fire safety expert who advised it was ‘unrealistic’ for landlords to draw up plans to evacuate disabled people from burning buildings

The Guardian - UK

UK unlawfully stripped woman of citizenship without telling her – court

Ruling against Home Office comes as government tries to remove requirement to give notice in some circumstances

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The Guardian - UK

Huge rise in number of trafficking victims in UK immigration detention

Campaigners say not enough victims are being identified before Home Office moves to lock them up

The Independent UK

Home Office loses case over stripping citizenship without notice after challenge by alleged Isis member

Court of Appeal says parliament must decide whether Priti Patel should be given new powers

The Independent UK

Home Office rejects police watchdog advice to equip immigration officers with bodycams during raids

Exclusive: Ministers refuse to give body-worn cameras to immigration enforcement despite recommendation from IOPC after asylum seeker died while being pursued by officers

Daily Mirror

ISIS bride Shamima Begum claims she wants to help Boris Johnson solve terrorism

Begum, who had her UK citizenship revoked by the Home Office on national security grounds in 2019, travelled from East London to Syria in 2015 when she was 15-years-old

The Guardian - UK

Home Office accused of ‘bullying’ asylum seekers into handing over phones

Judicial review begins in high court accusing government of operating a blanket policy in ‘complete secrecy’

Chronicle Live

Newcastle project say it's best to put refugees in the community - not detention centres

The pioneering scheme found it is both more humane and less expensive to support vulnerable female asylum seekers in the community

The Guardian - UK

New rules could prevent thousands of refugees from joining close family in UK

More than 17,000 refugees, mainly women and children, could be barred under Home Office’s proposed changes

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