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Charities write to PM urging action over 200 ‘missing’ child refugees

A letter signed by more than 100 organisations described the situation as ‘a child protection scandal’.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak urged to reunite Afghans refugees with their families

Afghans ‘left behind’ have been ‘abandoned and trapped’, one charity says

Evening Standard

UK government urged to honour pledge to Afghan refugees’ families

Exclusive: Charities and activists call on PM to follow through on pledge to allow families to resettle in UK

The Guardian - UK

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Channel migrants: Most people claiming to be modern slavery victims are Albanian

Home Office data was obtained from Migration Watch under freedom of information laws.

The Independent UK

A feted restaurateur, a senior doctor: Sunak’s cruel plan would have deported both

The prime minister wants to eject all who enter the UK ‘illegally’ without even giving them a hearing. That’s inhumane, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: ‘Appalling’ reality of healthcare inside the Home Office’s asylum hotels

GPs and healthcare workers have told The Independent about a catalogue of problems asylum seekers face, from lack of maternity care to dentistry

The Independent UK

Asylum tribunal capacity extended in bid to tackle backlog of 25,000 cases

It comes as a senior Tory MP condemns the Home Office for illegal migration rhetoric

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Manston asylum seekers with suspected diphtheria ‘moved around UK’ as cases rise

Government accused of putting migrants and hotel workers at ‘preventable risk’

The Independent UK

Child asylum seekers detained as adults after UK Home Office ‘alters birth dates’

Unaccompanied child refugees describe attacks in notorious Manston camp after officials ‘ignore or discount’ ID documents

The Guardian - UK

Support groups call for ‘urgent action’ following death of migrant

A person died in hospital after becoming unwell, the Home Office said.

The Independent UK

Nottinghamshire MPs refuse to be 'silenced' on naming of hotels hosting asylum seekers

'I am sick and tired of seeing our hospitality abused'

Nottingham Post

Commons speaker urged to stop Tory MPs naming asylum seekers’ hotels

Exclusive: Refugee Council says Home Office practice is to not name hotels to avoid targeting by far-right groups

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman signs new deal with France on migrants crossing English Channel

THE UK has negotiated a new deal with France to try and stop people crossing the English Channel in small boats.

The National (Scotland)

More than 40,000 asylum seekers in UK waiting one to three years for decision

Refugee Council figures come as ministers prepare to sign new deal with France to monitor migrants

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Thousands of asylum seekers ‘in limbo’ waiting years for Home Office decision

The Government is spending £6.8 million a day housing migrants in hotels.

Daily Mirror

UK asylum seekers in limbo as some wait FIVE years for a decision by the Home Office

Damning new figures show just over 40,000 asylum seekers have been waiting more than a year for a decision - the same as the number of migrants who've already crossed in small boats so far this year

The Guardian - UK

Child asylum seekers say UK officials pressed them to lie about their age

Boy recorded telling guard he was told he could move from Manston holding centre more quickly if he said he was over 18

The Guardian - UK

An ‘invasion’? Suella Braverman, this refugee crisis is of the government’s own making

Ministers have deliberately neglected those seeking sanctuary. We need a fairer, more humane asylum system, says Refugee Council chief executive Enver Solomon

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The Independent UK

Suella Braverman’s decisions ‘led to scabies and diphtheria at overcrowded asylum centre’

Sources blame home secretary for conditions that encouraged disease, as charities decry ‘inhumane’ treatment of asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Thousands of lone migrant children housed in hotels

The figures come as a watchdog gave the Home Office until the end of the year to stop placing migrants in hotels.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office age disputes putting child asylum seekers at risk, reports find

Research highlights concerns about how government treats young people arriving in UK to seek asylum

The Independent UK

Hundreds of child refugees ‘mistaken for adults’ due to ‘hasty’ Home Office decisions, charity warns

Children could be sent to Rwanda because of government mistakes, charity leader warns

The Independent UK

Fears migrant children could be mistakenly sent to Rwanda

The Refugee Council raised concerns over Home Office ‘errors’ in assessing the age of asylum seekers.

The Guardian - UK

Refugees minister who refused to endorse Rwanda policy quits

Richard Harrington declares his job ‘essentially complete’ day before Liz Truss expected to be named new PM

The Independent UK

Cost of asylum tops £2bn a year for the first time

There are record backlogs in the system which has seen the highest number of applications for 20 years

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