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Thousands of lone child asylum seekers left in limbo by Home Office, data shows

Since 2020 more than 7,500 children in UK have waited more than a year for initial asylum decision – and 57 for more than five years

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm: number of asylum seekers to be housed on barge reduced

Cost-effectiveness of Home Office scheme to house people on vessel questioned after downsizing of plans

The Guardian - UK

Father’s anger as shop that sold weapon used to kill son still advertising ‘Rambo-style’ knives

Ryan Passey died after being stabbed in the chest while in a nightclub with friends in Stourbridge, West Midlands

The Independent UK

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Police Scotland use of controversial facial recognition triples over five years

POLICE Scotland’s use of a controversial form of facial recognition has tripled over the past five years and is on course to rise even further in…

The National (Scotland)

Prevent anti-terror programme incompatible with human rights, says Amnesty

The human rights campaign group called for it to be scrapped.

The Independent UK

Councils ask judge to stop plan to house asylum seekers on former RAF bases

Local authorities argue that Home Office would act unlawfully by moving refugees to RAF Scampton and RAF Wethersfield

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Home Office plans to end hotel housing for asylum seekers and what it means

In today’s newsletter: 50 hotels will be closed by January – where will the many vulnerable people be moved to, and why?

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Child asylum seekers in UK forced to share hotel rooms with adults

Concerns raised over possible misclassification of children as adults as Home Office’s new hotel ‘maximisation’ policy begins

The Guardian - UK

Britain is ‘omni-surveillance’ society, watchdog warns

Exclusive: Fraser Sampson says law is not keeping up with AI advances as police retain 3m images of innocent people

The Guardian - UK

Afghans who fled Taliban to UK ‘set to be made homeless at Christmas’

Home Office has imposed a 15 December deadline to eject people who worked for UK in Afghanistan from hotels, say councils

The Guardian - UK

Wide eye of the law: Facial recognition deployed at Arsenal v Tottenham Premier League clash

Three people were arrested and charged after being caught by surveillance vans at the match

Evening Standard

Glasgow presses for Home Office help in looming refugee homelessness crisis

Refugees’ lawyers threaten action as officials argue who will pay to accommodate more than 1,400 people granted leave to remain

The Guardian - UK

Councils in England paying £1.7bn a year to house people in temporary homes

Annual cost would be enough to build about 100,000 new homes over five years, as families forced into cramped hostels and B&Bs

The Guardian - UK

Forcing asylum seekers into shared hotel rooms to cut costs is unsafe, Sunak warned in scathing report

Government has no ‘credible’ plan to end asylum hotels or clear backlog, says cross-party group of MPs

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Home Office facing legal action over RAF base housing asylum seekers in blow to plan to stop using hotels

Charity argues RAF Wethersfield is being used as a de facto detention centre and is not suitable as long-term accommodation

The Independent UK

Homeless migrants could end up in hotels again, LGA warns

The warning comes after it was announced that the number of hotels used to house migrants will be cut by 50 over the next three months.

The Guardian - UK

Government pays £15.3m for derelict land that sold for £6.3m a year ago

Brownfield site in Bexhill, East Sussex, being considered as a potential detention centre to house asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Home Office kicking asylum seekers out of hotels with one week’s notice, MP says

Stella Creasy said ‘no assistance’ is being provided, leading them to resort to local homeless shelters.

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The Guardian - UK

Cutting asylum backlog will mean more homeless refugees, Glasgow council warns

City officials say Home Office has no clear idea where estimated 1,800 people granted refugee status will be housed in city

The Guardian - UK

Companies providing housing for UK asylum seekers make £113m profit

Combined profits of Clearsprings Ready Homes and Stay Belvedere Hotels prompt criticism from refugee charities

The Independent UK

Home Office says Northern Ireland exemption to ETA would hit security efforts

An electronic travel authorisation will soon be a requirement for people who do not need a visa to come to the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Sudanese evacuees in the UK fear limbo as six-month visas begin to expire

Some of the people evacuated by British after civil war broke out say they have received no information from Home Office about their future

The Independent UK

‘All that is missing is a whip’: How Home Office ignored migrant worker abuses on farms

Foreign workers on British farms suffered racism, wage theft, threats and appalling conditions, according to evidence heard by inspectors — but nothing was done. Emiliano Mellino and Matthew Chapman tell the whole story

The Guardian - UK

Ministers expected to end deals with dozens of hotels housing asylum seekers

Plan intends to reduce £8m a day bill and is expected to focus on hotels in Conservative target seats

The Guardian - UK

Conditions at Manston centre for asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’

Watchdog’s report also has ‘serious concerns’ about conditions at Western Jet Foil and Kent Intake Unit

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