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In today’s newsletter: Veteran home affairs journalist Alan Travis weighs in for this survey, by the numbers, of how immigration became the dominant feature of the Home Office’s brief – and a near-constant issue

Capacity of Home Office systems ‘not sufficient’ to deal with asylum claims, warns Tory MP

My initial response to the revelation that Suella Braverman, the over- eventful Home Secretary, had sent messages from a private email was forbearing. A lot of people who did not like a Rightwing Home Secretary or her policies were confecting outrage to slam her: it seemed better to focus on…

Fresh questions over failure to prevent ‘wretched’ overcrowding of Manston processing centre

The number of migrants to have crossed the Channel in small boats this year has now hit 39,897 - here The Mirror answers all your questions on the ongoing crisis

Home secretary admits asylum system ‘is broken’ as row over her own security breaches continues

The home secretary insisted nothing wrong had been done, but if it had, it was all someone else’s fault

Ex-home secretary makes known she booked hotel rooms to prevent overcrowding – posing question of why practice stopped under successor

Braverman denied reports she rejected legal advice

Priti Patel told parliament that making all small boat crossings a crime would deter asylum seekers

Suella Braverman returns to government’s top team days after quitting over a security breach