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The Guardian view on the Bibby Stockholm: a gesture of self-defeating cruelty

Editorial: The Home Office is doomed to failure for as long as it insists on treating refugees like criminals

The Guardian - UK

Migrants kept off Bibby Stockholm barge after legal challenges – charity

Human rights campaigners have condemned using the barge to house asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

Charity blocks Home Office boarding asylum seekers onto Bibby Stockholm barge

Several asylum seekers have NOT boarded the Bibby Stockholm barge after their transfers were “cancelled” by lawyers, according to charity…

The National (Scotland)

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Ascension Island part of ‘additional measures’ to tackle small boats – minister

Home Office minister Sarah Dines said times had changed since the original proposal to send asylum seekers to the remote island were rejected.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: What life aboard ‘quasi-prison’ barge will look like for asylum seekers

With bunk beds, metal fencing and cabins for six people, Lizzie Dearden reports from the controversial Bibby Stockholm

The Independent UK

First asylum seekers arrive on Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset – as it happened

No 10 backtracks on ministers claim 500 asylum seekers could be on barge by end of week

The Guardian - UK

First asylum seekers expected ‘imminently’ on Bibby Stockholm barge

Home Office minister Sarah Dines said people arriving in the UK via unauthorised means ‘can’t expect to stay in a four-star hotel’.

The Independent UK

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UK may try to send small boat arrivals to Ascension Island, minister confirms

Home Office minister says people could be sent to south Atlantic island if Rwanda policy fails

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm: Inside ‘quasi-prison’ barge as first migrants set to go on board

With bunk beds, metal fencing and cabins for six people, Lizzie Dearden reports from the controversial Bibby Stockholm

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm move-ins planned for Monday despite outbreak warnings

Internal document warns ‘large numbers’ could be affected if disease breaks out on barge planned to house asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Home Office rejects Nigerian man’s right to stay in UK over links to countries he’s never visited

Exclusive: Decision letter riddled with errors included immigration history for a different person

The Independent UK

Government ‘cooking the books’ to cut asylum backlog as thousands of claims removed from system

Exclusive: Number of applications ‘withdrawn’ by Home Office quadruples after Rishi Sunak’s pledge, with 6,000 removed from list in three months

The Independent UK

Jamaican ex-banker wins right to remain in UK after ‘unlawful’ Home Office detention

Exclusive: ‘This unnecessary situation imposed upon us by the Home Office is finally over, although it will never be forgotten’

The Independent UK

SNP MP welcomes home constituents after 'long and difficult journey' from Sudan

AN SNP MP has welcomed the safe return of three of his constituents from war-torn Sudan as he hit out at the immigration system being “not fit…

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Tories slammed over plan to cram 900 refugees in shared bedrooms in Scots hotels

A SCOTTISH charity says it been left “deeply concerned” after Tory ministers have been accused of “inhumane” plans to cram 900 asylum…

Evening Standard

Home Office withdrew £31m in Met Police recruitment funding over missed target

Scotland Yard lost £30.8m in Government funding as a result of failing to meet recruitment targets, accounts state

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Is the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge a disaster waiting to happen?

In today’s newsletter: From overcrowding to fire safety concerns, the government’s floating facility in Dorset has been plagued with problems, and now faces a delay. What’s behind the Home Office’s latest debacle?

The Guardian - UK

Africa’s top cyclist Biniam Girmay ‘denied UK visa’ for Glasgow worlds

The Eritrean was among the favourites for the men’s elite road race in Glasgow but has withdrawn after the Home Office reportedly denied him an entry visa

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The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak, beware: the Bibby Stockholm is becoming a monument to your incompetence

A vacant barge, no flights to Rwanda … beyond a certain point, even Tory supporters will grow tired of empty politics, says civil liberties writer Diane Taylor

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm asylum barge is ‘potential deathtrap’, say firefighters

FBU to write to Home Office with overcrowding concerns after first group’s arrival delayed due to safety issues on Dorset-based vessel

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: ‘Quasi-prison’ barge delayed as asylum seekers fight move

Exclusive: Home Office sent legal letters challenging individual transfers and overall safety of vessel

The Guardian - UK

‘No timeframe’ on delayed opening of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge

Transport minister says barge in Portland going through final checks amid row over safety concerns

The National (Scotland)

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge due to fire safety fears

THE Home Office has been forced to delay moving asylum seekers on to a giant barge in order to carry out last minute fire-safety checks.

The Guardian - UK

Shoplifters who commit repeat offences to face prison

Government also plans to make greater use of facial recognition technology as part of crime crackdown bill

The Guardian - UK

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge over fire safety fears

Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’

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