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Pro- and anti-migrant protesters face off at London hotel housing asylum seekers

Anti-racism campaigners outnumber those opposing hotel being used as Home Office accommodation

The Guardian - UK

Channel crossings in 2025 pass 25,000 – faster than any year since records began

As ministers aim to ‘smash’ people-smuggling gangs, milestone passes almost a month earlier than previous record of 2022

The Guardian - UK

'Send Them Home!': Fury as Britons Wait Years for Housing While Migrants Set to Get £250K Flats

Outrage in Hampshire as locals protest migrants being offered £250K flats while UK families wait years on housing lists. Here's what's really happening.

International Business Times UK

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Number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats hits 25,000 in record time

Some 898 people made the journey in 13 boats on Wednesday, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 25,436, Home Office figures show

The Independent UK

Home Office expands migrant housing at Essex RAF base as it's revealed over 25,000 people have crossed Channel

The Home Office will start increasing the number of asylum seekers living at a former RAF station in Essex by 50% to help deal with the crisis

Evening Standard

Tech expert ‘smeared as paedo’ in UK Government meeting on Online Safety Act

AN internet privacy expert has said she was called a “paedo” during a UK Government meeting after raising concerns about the Online Safety Act…

The National (Scotland)

Channel-crossing migrants brought to shore by Border Force and lifeboats

The crossings continue as the number of people arriving this year so far nears 25,000.

Evening Standard

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Windrush scandal: those left to apply for compensation without legal help missed out on tens of thousands of pounds

The Windrush scandal has been one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Britain, affecting tens of thousands of people. The government set up a scheme in 2019 to award compensation to those who had been wronged by racist immigration legislation over decades, left unable to prove their immigration status.

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Number of asylum seekers at ex-RAF base in Essex to rise by more than 50%

Home Office to move 445 more people to MDP Wethersfield site, scene of previous anti-migrant protests

The Guardian - UK

Elite police unit to monitor social media for anti-migrant posts

Shadow home secretary accuses the government of trying ‘to police what you post’

The Independent UK

Home Office to penalise asylum seekers who refuse to move out of hotels

Government concerned about risk of unrest spreading ahead of new protests at the Bell hotel in Essex

The Guardian - UK

UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief

Volker Türk says the Home Office proscription restricts right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly

The Guardian - UK

Outrage as 4-Star Hotel in London to Welcome Hundreds of Asylum Seekers

Protests erupt at Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf as it prepares to house asylum seekers. Eggs thrown, police deployed, and costs hit £3bn yearly. Tensions rise over immigration policy, with locals and politicians divided.

International Business Times UK

'Get a taxi back': Jay Slater's friend reveals tragic final conversation before his death in Tenerife

More details of 19-year-old’s final hours emerge as inquest into his death in Tenerife resumes

Evening Standard

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Police commissioner joins council to demand closure of asylum hotels after 'multiple serious incidents'

Council leader Chris Whitbread said: ‘Repeated warnings to the Home Office about the unsuitability of both sites have gone unheeded’

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Corbyn confirms he is setting up new political party with Zarah Sultana – as it happened

Former Labour leader said he was founding the new party, which is being referred to currently as Your Party

The Conversation

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…

The National (Scotland)

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.

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Evening Standard

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

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The National (Scotland)

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 Independent UK

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

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