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UK terror threat is raised – counter-terror expert explains how official prevention strategies work

The UK has raised its terror threat level from “substantial” to “severe”, meaning an attack within the next six months is considered highly likely. The change means the threat level is at severe for the first time in four years. It came with a warning from the Home Office of…

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Convictions for race and religious hate crimes at near-decade high

The figures, published as part of a scheduled release of statistics, come in the same week as two Jewish men were attacked in London.

Evening Standard

The bridesmaid ban: how the Home Office tarnished a British citizen’s big day – and cost them £2,000

Everything was in place for Andrea’s dream celebration in Barbados. Then her close friend was denied the right to walk across a British airport to board a connecting flight

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Mahmood’s flagship one in, one out migrant deal with France put in jeopardy by High Court challenge

The High Court hears Ms Mahmood’s decision to block modern slavery appeals is unlawful and breaches human rights laws

The Independent UK

What is Palestine Action – and why was it banned as a terrorist organisation?

More than 3,200 people have been arrested since the ban came into effect in July last year

The Independent UK

French coastguard rescues more than 100 migrants after boat breaks down

A total of 119 people were taken to safety during multiple rescue operations

The Independent UK

Migrant airlifted and 100 others rescued after Channel ‘taxi boat’ incident

It comes after a new small boats deal was agreed with France.

Evening Standard

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Mahmood’s plans to detain and handcuff children during deportation are ‘abhorrent’, 150 charities warn Starmer

Fostering groups, social care workers and refugee charities accuse government of ‘sustained attack on children’s rights’

The Independent UK

Migrants make crossing to UK after small boats deal clinched with France

More than a dozen people were pictured being brought into the Border Security Command compound in Dover.

The Independent UK

Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department

Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectations

The Guardian - UK

Self-styled king of ‘African tribe’ deported from country

Kofi Offeh was part of the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala, which was located in a camp in woodland near Jedburgh.

The Independent UK

Three men guilty of repeatedly raping woman on Brighton beach in ‘predatory, callous’ attack

Woman raped by two men while a third filmed ordeal after she became separated from friends on night out

The Guardian - UK

Police aim to remove hundreds of migrants from French beaches under £662m deal

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a three-year £662 million agreement with France in Dunkirk on Thursday.

Evening Standard

UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

Removal site in Dunkirk will hold people of 10 nationalities trying to reach UK in small boats under new £660m deal with French

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UK to pay France extra cash to stop small boat crossings – but only if it works

Some of UK funding for French police will be conditional on success in stopping Channel crossings

The Guardian - UK

UK to pay France another £660m to curb Channel crossings

Three-year deal includes funding for a riot squad to ‘disperse’ people trying to board small boats

Evening Standard

West London shop to stay open despite illegal worker paid below minimum wage

The worker had his protection claim with the Home Office withdrawn in 2023 meaning he had no right to work in the UK for three years when found at Oldfield Circus Local

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US Influencer Who Said 'Muslim Rapists' Were Taking Over UK Barred From Entering for 'Unite the Kingdom' March

US influencer Valentina Gomez barred from UK rally due to public order concerns. Her inflammatory rhetoric has sparked debate on free speech and public safety

The Conversation

There is something wrong with the asylum process for LGBTQ+ people – but it’s not fake claimants

An undercover investigation by BBC News has found evidence of people falsely claiming to be gay to gain asylum in the UK. The findings are concerning. But rather than assume this means all asylum applicants are lying, it’s worth asking why people might be drawn to this route.

Evening Standard

Home Office branded 'cruel' as father who lost entire family in Air India jet crash booted out of UK

Mohammad Shethwala, dependent on his wife for his British visa, had his request for an extension rejected

The Guardian - UK

Home Office could face hundreds of claims over asylum families in single rooms

Judge in case of two families housed for years in single hotel rooms says they should have been moved within three months

The Guardian - UK

More than half of Windrush compensation claims rejected by Home Office, report finds

Data shows only a third of concluded claims in scheme for those wrongly classed as illegal migrants resulted in pay outs

The Conversation

Legal aid for asylum seekers is hard to come by – it’s no wonder criminal advisers are taking advantage

The Home Office is investigating after a BBC report found evidence of a “sham industry” of immigration advisers helping people fabricate asylum claims.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office ‘red flag’ error leaves German mother separated from toddler in UK

Liza Tobay was told settled status had been ‘red flagged’ when she tried to fly home from Germany to Scotland

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