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Home Office stops units making asylum decisions to prepare for small boats bill despite huge backlog

Exclusive: Two units to retrain as ‘detention decision-makers’ and told to refer to asylum seekers as ‘illegal entrants’

The Independent UK

Council loses appeal over plans to use RAF site to house asylum seekers

Braintree District Council brought legal action against the Home Office over the proposed use of Wethersfield Airfield.

The Independent UK

Yousaf sides with council in Home Office row over housing asylum seekers on ship

Edinburgh City Council is contesting plans for the MS Victoria, docked in Leith.

The Independent UK

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Liverpool handed major transfer boost after FA announce rule change

Liverpool have, along with the likes of Chelsea, Newcastle United and Manchester United, been linked with Adama Bojang

Liverpool Echo

Gang who smuggled Albanian illegal migrants into UK behind lorry drivers’ seats jailed

In one text, the criminals boasted of ‘99 per cent’ success rate

Evening Standard

Windrush: Portraits of a Generation review – don’t let this documentary distract from our national shame

This tale of Buckingham Palace commissioning portraits of 10 Windrush passengers is warm and moving. But its attempt to gloss over an ongoing Home Office scandal makes it feel hollow

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel such indignation’: Windrush victims on the compensation process

People affected by the scandal talk about their struggles to get a payout from the Home Office

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The Mancunian Way: Windrush 75

The vast contributions the Windrush generation made to Manchester AND The scars left by a government scandal that devastated so many

Manchester Evening News

Windrush payouts remain elusive after four years of scheme

Critics express dismay as statistics reveal just a quarter of applicants have received compensation so far

The Guardian - UK

Are Tasers legal in the UK? Manchester police officer sacked for ‘excessive force’

The force ruled that some of the Taser shots were fired by the officer in aggression, amounting to “gross misconduct”

Evening Standard

Celebrating the vast contributions of Manchester's Windrush generation 75 years on

“We wanted to really celebrate because there is so much we can celebrate.”

Manchester Evening News

Windrush man forced to sleep on park benches still battling Home Office for compensation

Jamaican-born Delroy Foster grew up in London and yet the Home Office refused him entry to the UK after wrongly accusing him of not being British - years later Mr Foster is still battling to get compensation

Daily Mirror

Number of Windrush victims who have died waiting for compensation doubles in two years

Figures revealed in week of 75th anniversary of Windrush voyage show persistent delays in compensation scheme

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Windrush victims waiting over a year for compensation on ‘callous’ scheme

One victim of the Windrush scandal said the Home Office should not be in charge of the compensation scheme

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Daily Mirror

What was the Windrush scandal and who were the victims of the injustice

Despite living in Britain for decades, some of the Windrush generation lost their jobs, were refused medical care or even faced deportation threats because they lacked the proper documentation

Nottingham Post

Nottingham celebrates the Windrush Generation with events across city to mark 75th anniversary

Events are taking to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first ship carrying Caribbean families to the UK to help fill the need for more workers after the Second World War

Evening Standard

London leaders hail Windrush generation on 75th anniversary

London leaders have hailed the “pivotal” contribution the Windrush generation made to the capital and called for the scandal that saw immigrants wrongly deported not to be forgotten.

Bristol Post

'Bittersweet' 75th anniversary of Windrush marked

Several events are being held to mark the day

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The Independent UK

What is Windrush Day and how will the 75th anniversary be marked?

The HMT Empire Windrush first docked in England on June 22 1948 at Tilbury Docks in Essex.

The Independent UK

‘Bittersweet’ Windrush 75th anniversary marked

Events will be held at the Port of Tilbury where the Empire Windrush ship arrived on June 22 1948.

The Independent UK

Private firm to be awarded £1m health contract at new asylum accommodation site

NHS trust says contract needed ‘for reasons of extreme urgency’ as costs of Rishi Sunak’s controversial asylum military bases and barges mount

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: G-mex, Urbis, Kendals…or whatever they’re called

Will Factory International’s new name stick? PLUS Trains in the north are ‘rubbish’ AND The neighbours making urban oases

Liverpool Echo

Windrush brothers helped shape L8's thriving music scene

Granddaughters share stories of three brothers who came to Liverpool from Jamaica who travelled on the Empire Windrush 75 years ago

The Independent UK

Moving Windrush compensation scheme would cause delay, says Braverman

The Home Secretary said changes have been made to simplify the scheme for users and said it should be kept under the Home Office remit.

Wales Online

Llanelli hotel will accommodate 241 asylum seekers, says council leader

Cllr Darren Price said they will arrive in groups of up to 55 from July 10 and urges the Home Office not to press on with its 'unwise move'

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