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Britons increasingly turning to food black market, experts say

Exclusive: Goods such as meat, cheese and confectionery stolen in large amounts to be sold to people hit by high cost of living

The Guardian - UK

‘Sign of weakness’: Home Office U-turn on visa salary threshold divides Tories

Rightwing factions criticise decision to raise minimum salary to £29,000 in spring, rather than £38,700

The Guardian - UK

Home Office banned from routinely placing lone children in asylum hotels

High court order says hotels can be used only for very short periods ‘in true emergency situations’

The Guardian - UK

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UK Government u-turns on plans to hike family visa earning threshold

GOVERNMENT ministers have rowed back on plans to hike the earning threshold Britons need to bring foreign family members to live in the UK to…

The National (Scotland)

Home Office reduces new salary threshold for family visas from £38,700 to £29,000

The Home Office said the salary threshold would go up incrementally, starting at £29,000

Evening Standard

Home Office reverses policy on UK hostel evictions after surge in refugee homelessness

Measure, introduced in August, in effect gave people granted leave to remain just seven days’ notice to move on

The Guardian - UK

Coroner asks Home Office for statement on man’s death on Bibby Stockholm

Coroner gives department six weeks to respond as inquest opens into death of Leonard Farruku on barge

The Guardian - UK

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Suicides of asylum seekers in Home Office accommodation double in last four years

A total of 23 people are thought to have killed themselves since 2020, with 176 deaths from all causes

The Guardian - UK

No 10 drops proposal for end-of-year Sunak speech on immigration

Idea quietly shelved after Tory splits over Rwanda bill, as Home Office is accused of ‘fiddling figures’ on asylum claims

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers housed in UK hotels to have daily allowance cut to £1.25

THOUSANDS of asylum seekers forced to live in UK hotels while their claims are being processed will have their daily allowance cut to £1.25...

The National (Scotland)

Modern slavery ‘a feature’ of care sector in England since Brexit

End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPs

The Guardian - UK

Inquest to be held into death of asylum seeker on board Bibby Stockholm

AN inquest is to be opened into the death of an asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge.

The National (Scotland)

Asylum seekers housed in UK hotels to have allowance cut to £1.25 a day

Tens of thousands of people waiting for claims to be processed could sink into destitution, charity warns

The Guardian - UK

Police 'wrong' to record non-crime hate incident against Tory Rachel Maclean in transphobic row, says minister

She is seeking to appeal against the case by West Mercia police

Evening Standard

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International Business Times UK

UK Immigration Detention Report Highlights Release Surge and Concerns Over Treatment

Despite the primary purpose of immigration detention being to facilitate deportations, the annual IMB report highlighted that the majority of detainees were ultimately released.

Evening Standard

Refugees facing 'widespread homelessness' due to Home Office housing deadline

The Bishop of London claims that a 28-day notice period was not happening in practice

The National (Scotland)

Man who died on Bibby Stockholm named as 27-year-old from Albania

AN asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm barge has been identified as a 27-year-old man from Albania.

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who died in suspected suicide is named

Other refugees onboard say Albanian national Leonard Farruku appeared to be in distress before he died

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The Guardian - UK

Four in five UK immigration detainees released not deported, monitor says

Independent Monitoring Board also finds longer detentions and raises concern about treatment of vulnerable people

The Independent UK

Afghan hero pilot among thousands of refugees facing homelessness after Home Office speeds up evictions

Exclusive: Veteran who fought with UK forces given sanctuary here after relentless pressure by this paper now faces imminent eviction from hotel – as 13,000 new refugees seek help from councils to stop them becoming homeless

The Guardian - UK

Tweaks to law on spiking ‘won’t help’ unless police attitude changes, say experts

Home Office plans wording ‘update’ but campaigners call for new offence to help address low conviction rate

Evening Standard

Almost 300 migrants arrive in first Channel crossings in fortnight

Home Office figures showed 292 people travelled in seven boats on Friday December 15

Evening Standard

Met Police attend fewer than half of shoplifting reports in London

Business owners feel like shoplifting has 'all but been decriminalised', a City Hall politician has warned

The Independent UK

Migrants ‘suicidal’ at former RAF base housing hundreds of asylum seekers, shocking testimonies reveal

Asylum seekers housed in ‘open-prison camp’ say ‘people screaming and gunshots heard at night’

The National (Scotland)

UK Government taken to court over asylum housing James Cleverly called 'unacceptable'

A CHARITY taking legal action against the UK Government over its asylum accommodation has said its efforts are a bid to “literally safeguard…

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