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How the UK became dependent on asylum hotels

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s pledge to “end the costly use of asylum hotels in this parliament” is a rare thing in British politics: a policy supported by all major political parties and a range of refugee charities.

The Conversation

London cafe with royal link could be forced to close

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The Independent UK

Princess Diana’s favourite café risks closure over ‘illegal migrant workers and paying staff in food’

Café Diana, which was often frequented by the late Princess of Wales, also accused of allowing unlawful smoking of shisha

The Independent UK

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UK government agency not accepting eVisas as ID from job applicants

Home Office says system changes needed at SIA to allow eVisas, prompting fears of another Windrush-type scandal

The Guardian - UK

Man criticises Home Office for keeping visa fee of wife who died before reaching UK

Mohamed Jama says the Home Office should refund the £3,105 immigration health surcharge because his wife never made it to the UK

The Guardian - UK

Home Office staff concerned about ‘absurd’ Palestine Action ban, says senior civil servant

Anonymous source describes ‘tense atmosphere’ after Yvette Cooper announced plans to proscribe protest group

The Guardian - UK

Border Force seizes £96m cocaine haul at London Gateway in one of UK’s biggest busts

The 2.4 tonne find marks the sixth-largest cocaine seizure since records began.

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Border Force seizes 2.4 tonnes of cocaine in one of UK’s largest-ever busts

The £96 million find marks the sixth-largest cocaine seizure since records began

The Independent UK

Ukrainians who fled to UK being refused asylum on grounds it is ‘safe to return’

Law firm says it hears weekly from Ukrainians, including vulnerable women and children, who were turned down

The Guardian - UK

Ronald Clarke obituary

Crime scientist keen to severely limit the opportunities open to offenders rather than look for a tendency to offend

The Guardian - UK

Illegal workers repeatedly hired at famous Kensington café dedicated to Princess Diana

Some staff at Café Diana, which opened in 1989 opposite the gates of Kensington Palace, claimed they were being paid in food

Evening Standard

OPINION - Letting illegal migrants work as delivery drivers is destroying London's social fabric

Last Friday, I made an unannounced visit to an asylum hotel in central London. I found clear evidence of illegal working.

Evening Standard

Israel’s largest weapons firm lobbied Home Office on Palestine Action court case

ISRAEL’S largest weapons firm lobbied the Home Office for a retrial after criminal charges against Palestine Action’s co-founders were…

The National (Scotland)

‘Clear evidence’ asylum seekers living in London hotel ‘working illegally as delivery drivers’

Bikes and bags with Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo branding were filmed parked at an asylum hotel in central London

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The Guardian - UK

British man says he fears for family trapped in Iran by Home Office appeal

US bombing increases fears for man’s parents and sister, who won tribunal ruling that they had right to live in UK

Evening Standard

Migrant hotel stays prolonged as record numbers appeal rejected asylum claims

There were 50,976 outstanding appeals as of March, which is almost double the number compared to 2024

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of UK government laptops, phones and tablets have been lost or stolen

Exclusive: ‘Systemic risk’ to cybersecurity after devices worth more than £1m a year are taken or lost

The Independent UK

Syrian refugees challenge Home Office after being left in limbo over sanctuary applications

Syrian asylum and settlement decisions were paused after the fall of the Assad regime

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The National (Scotland)

Modern slavery fears as UK-US trade deal 'may open doors to prison-produced beef'

THE UK Government is facing pressure to strengthen anti-slavery laws amid concerns that its trade deal with the US could see food produced by forced…

The Guardian - UK

Remove decisions on lone child asylum seekers from Home Office, report says

Call for root-and-branch reform of treatment of children, many of whom are wrongly classified as adults

The Independent UK

‘I came to the UK to follow my dream career. The Home Office left me jobless’

A Brazilian student has been waiting for seven months to find out if she can remain

The Independent UK

First Windrush Commissioner vows cultural change, accountability and action

Reverend Clive Foster is a senior pastor at the Pilgrim Church in Nottingham and is the son of parents who migrated to the UK from Jamaica in 1959.

The National (Scotland)

Why is Angela Rayner standing in for Keir Starmer at PMQs today?

DEPUTY Prime Minister Angela Rayner is set to stand in for Keir Starmer at today’s PMQs

The Independent UK

Mother’s deportation to Gambia halted by judge after she was rushed to Heathrow at 3am

Lawyers for Fatou Tamba, who has been living in the UK for 16 years, say she has been left ‘traumatised’ by her treatment over the last four months

The Guardian - UK

UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone

While Ana Luiza Cabral Gouveia and Hugo Barbosa can remain, letter says sons, 11 and eight, must go back to Brazil

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