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Forty refugees in standoff with Home Office over cramped London hotel

Westminster Council leader Adam Hug has written to the Home Secretary demanding to know why the town hall was not informed the ‘vulnerable group’ had been moved to the borough

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers left to ‘sleep on street’ in Whitechapel

Asylum seekers slept on street after Home Office told them to share single rooms without beds, charity worker says

Evening Standard

'16-year-old asylum seeker's suicide' sparks questions for Home Office

THE Home Office is facing questions after an Afghan asylum seeker – who claimed to be just 16 – was said to have taken his own life over being…

The National (Scotland)

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Eviction notices sent to thousands of Afghans in hotels warning they will become ‘trespassers’ in months

Contingency plans urgently needed if Afghans cannot find homes by August, councils warn

The Independent UK

Catalogue of failings in Home Office’s ‘flawed’ asylum system revealed in UN report

UN Refugee Agency uncovers cases in which trafficking victims were missed and a child victim of sexual abuse was given no support

The Independent UK

Failed attempts to deport small boat migrants causing ‘costly limbo’, damning report finds

Only 23 asylum seekers deported under policy that has so far delayed over 27,000 claims, official figures show

The Independent UK

Tory fury as civil servants threaten unprecedented strike over Rwanda policy

Possible walk-outs over asylum policy ‘appalling’ and ‘unacceptable’, say senior Conservatives

The Independent UK

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Manston asylum centre could be overwhelmed again within weeks, staff warn

Exclusive: Staff at processing centre say lack of ‘upstream accommodation’ could see return to conditions that led to disease and violence

The Guardian - UK

'My brother was a criminal, but not a bad guy'

Johnny Gerrard Kock was found dead in his cell while serving a 25-year sentence for drug supply

Liverpool Echo

Home Office staff could strike if forced to implement ‘unlawful’ Rwanda asylum plan

Exclusive: Official says civil servants will not ‘sit back and take’ measures they believe are unlawful

The Independent UK

‘Shocking’ figures show 8% of muggings result in a charge, say Lib Dems

Party’s research shows police did not even find a suspect in 30,079 incidents in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Windrush exhibition opens as questions remain over progress since 2018 scandal

A photographic exhibition will share stories to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks.

The Independent UK

Government targets Albanians crossing Channel with ad campaign critics slam as 'pointless'

A refugee charity boss has called on the Home office to 'create more safe routes for refugees to travel here to claim asylum'

Wales Online

Home Office aims to deter Channel crossings from Albania with ad campaign

Adverts in Albanian will target people considering making the journey across the Channel to the UK without permission.

The Independent UK

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh airport passengers warned of disruption as passport e-gates stop working

Passport e-gates have failed up and down the country, with passengers at Edinburgh Airport warned of disruption and delays while the Home Office says they can't say what the issue is.

Wales Online

Community unites to support asylum seekers amid plan to house 300 at hotel

“We all agree that this decision is wrong for the local community and for the asylum seekers themselves"

The National (Scotland)

Home Office confirm passport e-gates at UK airports have stopped working

The Home Office has confirmed that electronic passport gates across UK airports have stopped working

The Guardian - UK

Secret Home Office policy to detain people with NHS debt at airport found unlawful

Policy was uncovered by defenders of two women repeatedly detained when trying to re-enter the UK

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The Independent UK

Illegal Migration Bill could see 3,000 detained and deported each month – report

The figures reportedly come from leaked briefing papers.

Liverpool Echo

Drug baron who imported £1bn of cocaine found dead in prison cell

Johnny Gerrard Kock used a fake pond-liner business to import up to 6,000kg of cocaine to Liverpool

The Week

Does Labour now have the upper hand on immigration?

Net migration to the UK reached a record high last year, opening the Conservative Party up to criticism that it has broken its 2019 manifesto pledge to “take back control” of borders and reduce numbers of migrants.

The Independent UK

Asylum backlog at record high as charities brand human cost of delays staggering

A minister appeared to suggest faster processing would be likely to lead to an increase in asylum claims from people arriving via illegal routes.

Evening Standard

Asylum cases backlog rises by 50 per cent to hit record high

Findings from Home Office data come despite government pledges to reduce the backlog

The Independent UK

Women and children among latest to cross English Channel in small boats

An estimated 100 people have been brought into Dover.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman accused of fresh ministerial code breaches over undisclosed links to Rwanda

Exclusive: Home secretary was the director of a charity providing training to Rwandan government lawyers for five years

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