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Glasgow council needs ‘more time’ to resolve homeless refugee issues – Swinney

The First Minister was pressed on whether he backed a pause in asylum seekers coming to Glasgow.

The Independent UK

Fact check: What support do asylum seekers get in the UK?

Full Fact looks at some of the most common claims we see relating to what asylum seekers do – or don’t – get when they come to the UK.

Evening Standard

26 migrants sent to France while nearly 10,000 have arrived since deal

Crossings are continuing as around 100 men and women seeking to make the journey across the Channel gathered on Gravelines beach on Friday morning.

Evening Standard

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Hate crime takes place in London every 20 minutes, shock new figures show

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she will not tolerate Jewish and Muslim communities ‘living in fear’

Evening Standard

Hate crime rises with religiously-motivated offences at record level

The Home Office figures cover police-recorded hate crime in England and Wales.

Evening Standard

Home Office confirms ‘clear spike’ in hate crime after Southport murders

The figures revealed increases in both racially and religiously motivated offences

The Independent UK

Police-recorded religious and race hate crime rises in England and Wales

The figures are published by the Home Office and cover the year to the end of March 2025.

Evening Standard

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UK Treasury tells ministers not to expect bailouts from its reserve fund

Departments told to manage their own cost pressures as finance ministry seeks to curb overuse of contingency fund

The Guardian - UK

Home Office grants extra visas for UCL international students told to defer

Hundreds of students with promised places had been left in limbo after university exceeded its visa allocations

The Guardian - UK

‘I think it’s selfish’: William and Kate face backlash over Windsor Great Park no-go zone

Royal couple’s desire for more privacy means 2.3-mile perimeter exclusion zone and less public land for walkers

The Guardian - UK

Tory chair accepted £2k hospitality from developer of HMOs for asylum seekers

Exclusive: Kevin Hollinrake’s conference costs paid for by firm helping landlords convert homes for lucrative market

The Guardian - UK

"Gravely disappointed" – UK hit Apple with encryption backdoor order, again

After announcing a U-turn on the previous encryption backdoor order, the UK hit Apple again with a similar demand. This time, British users' data are the sole target.

TechRadar

Home Office missed chances to assess man who died on Bibby Stockholm, coroner finds

‘Distraught’ Leonard Farruku, 27, was found dead in shower cubicle on Dorset barge

The Guardian - UK

Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life

Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.

Evening Standard

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Police launch new boat to deter people smugglers

Devon and Cornwall Police are launching a new boat because of increased fears about organised crime gangs targeting the region.

Evening Standard

Reform’s suggestions Starmer is inciting violence ‘offensive’, minister says

Home Office minister Mike Tapp also insisted that the Home Office would not be involved in any decision to cut Nigel Farage’s security.

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers deported to France live in fear of smugglers’ reprisals

Six asylum seekers placed in homeless shelter say they are ‘frightened’ they will be forcibly returned to home countries

The Guardian - UK

UK government resumes row with Apple by demanding access to British users’ data

New access order by Home Office would seek access to the tech company’s encrypted cloud backups

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The Guardian - UK

Firms run by former diplomats and ex-Tory chief first to appear on influence register

Foreign Influence Registration Scheme designed to shine light on companies paid to represent foreign states in UK

The Guardian - UK

International students left in limbo by UCL after university exceeds visa allocations

Hundreds of students accepted on courses facing costs and even deportation after being told to defer studies until 2026

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage’s security cut by parliamentary authorities, Reform claims

Reform’s Zia Yusuf accused Labour of running a campaign of ‘demonisation’ against Mr Farage.

The Guardian - UK

At least a third of EU citizens in UK report discrimination by public bodies

Long-term residents post Brexit also say they have faced difficulties exercising travel and equal treatment rights

The Guardian - UK

UK accused of ‘stark injustice’ as woman from Montserrat refused free NHS care

Cherry Brown, 69, a British overseas territory citizen, was left sleeping rough after being sent to England for treatment

The Guardian - UK

On a trip to Kent, I saw how politics is being shaped by the west’s growing hostility to outsiders

With a Reform council, small boat arrivals and asylum seeker accommodation, this county lays bare an increasingly divided Britain, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The National (Scotland)

'Shelve the gimmicks': Home Office urged to act on Labour Together's asylum plans

CHARITIES, opposition parties, and people who have lived through the Home Office system have urged the UK Government to act on proposals from an…

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