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Surge in number of Britons fighting to hold on to their citizenship

After the Shamima Begum decision, figures show dramatic increase in challenges to Home Office

The Guardian - UK

Terrified Ukrainian boy, 11, begs Rishi Sunak to let him join his dad in the UK

The family applied for Boris Johnson's Homes for Ukraine scheme last September and is one of 9,400 cases caught up in Home Office delays and red tape

Daily Mirror

Revealed: one in 100 police officers in England and Wales faced a criminal charge last year

Figure has surged over the past 10 years with pressure growing for officers to be sacked on the spot

The Guardian - UK

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Vulnerable asylum seekers 'prisoners in their own homes' after fleeing war zones

As many asylum seekers say they have been placed in unsuitable properties littered with tripping hazards, an expert blamed the system which she says 'creates a hostile environment'

Daily Mirror

Asylum seeker protestors outnumbered outside Long Eaton hotel

A protest and counter-protest took place outside the Novotel in Long Eaton around its housing of asylum seekers.

Nottingham Post

She put Taliban members behind bars for their crimes. Now she’s in fear for her life – and the UK won’t help

Exclusive: Afghan judge, Yousa, has had death threats, been shot at and is a Taliban target after putting many behind bars. She is now ‘stateless’ in Pakistan and the UK government won’t help, as Maya Oppenheim reports

The Independent UK

The Greater Manchester town where only four people sleep rough

Mo and Will have come through dark times

Manchester Evening News

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How to speed up passport application as wait times are as long as 10 weeks

You might be able to upgrade your application and get your passport faster

Liverpool Echo

The Guardian view on the asylum backlog: sticking plasters are no solution

Editorial: A Home Office questionnaire is unlikely to provide an answer to the problems that are causing delays

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers in Bedfordshire ‘afraid to leave hotel’ because of being filmed

Dunstable residents said to be taking videos of those staying at hotel that has been focus of protests and far-right leafleting

The Guardian - UK

The UK’s asylum questionnaires plan has inflamed left and right alike. All the while, lives remain in limbo

Some say the form is a crackdown. Others see it as an amnesty. But either way, 80,000 will be kept waiting, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

Why Chelsea's Andrey Santos presents clearest transfer problem yet in post-Brexit reality

The Brazilian prospect is still searching for a loan move because he cannot get a work permit as Premier League clubs continue to come to terms with the GBE system that has seen worldwide playing pool shrink by more than 90%

Daily Mirror

The hundreds of desperate Ukrainian children saved by Labour peer who fled Nazis

Refugee campaigner Lord Alf Dubs – himself evacuated as a child from Nazi Germany via the Kindertransport - began raising Valya Pylypenko’s case to then Home Secretary Priti Patel, in the House of Lords, to news outlets and to civil servants

Daily Mirror

The Mancunian Way: Where are they going?

Child refugees are being put to work on some of Manchester’s most dangerous streets PLUS Keir Starmer backs Awaab’s Law

Manchester Evening News

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Reuters

Britain scraps interviews for 12,000 asylum seekers to speed up process

Britain will scrap the requirement for around 12,000 asylum seekers to undergo face-to-face interviews and instead ask them to fill out a questionnaire, the government said on Thursday, in an attempt to clear record levels of backlogs.

The National (Scotland)

Rise of the far right: 'UK has parallels with Donald Trump's America'

POLITICIANS have a “moral obligation to moderate their rhetoric” and should be more aware of the influence this could potentially have on…

The Guardian - UK

Warwick student with cancer wins payout after university denied extension request

University accepts it did not make adjustments for her illness as a form of disability

Nottingham Post

Council hits back at Home Office decision to house asylum seekers in village

It comes after The Best Western Yew Lodge Hotel, in Kegworth, confirmed it will be closing to the public

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The Guardian - UK

Only 22 Afghans resettled in UK under ‘pathway’ to help vulnerable refugees

Charity says disparity with 8,633 Afghans who arrived in small boats last year shows lack of functioning route

Al Jazeera

How and why did Shamima Begum lose her UK citizenship?

Begum, whose nationality was stripped after she travelled to Syria to join ISIL (ISIS), continues to fuel debate.

Daily Mirror

Anger over Tory 'incompetence' as asylum backlog hits record 160,000

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures reveal that 160,919 people were waiting for an initial decision on their asylum claim at the end of December - up 60% from a year earlier

Wales Online

Just 22 people resettled in UK from Afghanistan via government scheme while 8,633 crossed Channel in boats

The Refugee Council said the Government needed to 'urgently rethink its approach'

The Guardian - UK

Press greets Home Office redraft of national security bill with scepticism

Industry sources say changes appear not to go far enough amid fears of ‘chilling effect’ on journalism

The Independent UK

Government urged to ‘rethink’ after just 22 fleeing Afghans resettled via UNHCR

Part of a resettlement scheme was for vulnerable people referred by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees having fled Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Ministers propose changes to National Security Bill to ease press freedom fears

Media representatives said the draft law, in its current form, risks ‘criminalising journalists for legitimate reporting’.

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