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Labour says it would ‘temporarily’ house refugees on offshore barges

Policy has been branded cruel and inhumane by rights groups

The Independent UK

Home Office rejects Nigerian man’s right to stay in UK over links to countries he’s never visited

Exclusive: Decision letter riddled with errors included immigration history for a different person

The Independent UK

Social media firms to help law enforcement tackle small boat crossings

Rishi Sunak hopes the crackdown will remove promotional posts from people smugglers

Evening Standard

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Social media firms partner with law enforcement to tackle small boat crossings

Rishi Sunak hopes the crackdown will remove promotional posts from people smugglers.

The Independent UK

Government ‘cooking the books’ to cut asylum backlog as thousands of claims removed from system

Exclusive: Number of applications ‘withdrawn’ by Home Office quadruples after Rishi Sunak’s pledge, with 6,000 removed from list in three months

The Independent UK

Jamaican ex-banker wins right to remain in UK after ‘unlawful’ Home Office detention

Exclusive: ‘This unnecessary situation imposed upon us by the Home Office is finally over, although it will never be forgotten’

The Independent UK

Tories slammed over plan to cram 900 refugees in shared bedrooms in Scots hotels

A SCOTTISH charity says it been left “deeply concerned” after Tory ministers have been accused of “inhumane” plans to cram 900 asylum…

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No full-time firefighters near Bibby Stockholm asylum barge prompts ‘real concerns’ over emergency response

Exclusive: Firefighter’s report calls for government to abandon plans amid ‘major life risk’

The Independent UK

Rise in outsourced UK government services failing to meet standards

Exclusive: Concerns raised over contracts for supporting asylum seekers, educating young offenders and providing prison food

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Is the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge a disaster waiting to happen?

In today’s newsletter: From overcrowding to fire safety concerns, the government’s floating facility in Dorset has been plagued with problems, and now faces a delay. What’s behind the Home Office’s latest debacle?

The Guardian - UK

Africa’s top cyclist Biniam Girmay ‘denied UK visa’ for Glasgow worlds

The Eritrean was among the favourites for the men’s elite road race in Glasgow but has withdrawn after the Home Office reportedly denied him an entry visa

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak, beware: the Bibby Stockholm is becoming a monument to your incompetence

A vacant barge, no flights to Rwanda … beyond a certain point, even Tory supporters will grow tired of empty politics, says civil liberties writer Diane Taylor

The Guardian - UK

Channel crossings: Average number of migrants per boat for July hits record high

The average of around 52 migrants per vessel is the highest since records began in 2018.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm asylum barge is ‘potential deathtrap’, say firefighters

FBU to write to Home Office with overcrowding concerns after first group’s arrival delayed due to safety issues on Dorset-based vessel

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Evening Standard

Channel crossings: Average number of migrants per boat hits record high

The average of around 52 migrants per vessel is the highest since records began in 2018

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: ‘Quasi-prison’ barge delayed as asylum seekers fight move

Exclusive: Home Office sent legal letters challenging individual transfers and overall safety of vessel

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm delay adds to disarray of Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ pledge

As with the Rwanda plan, the PM has been frustrated in his attempts to house asylum seekers on a giant barge

The Guardian - UK

‘No timeframe’ on delayed opening of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge

Transport minister says barge in Portland going through final checks amid row over safety concerns

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The National (Scotland)

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge due to fire safety fears

THE Home Office has been forced to delay moving asylum seekers on to a giant barge in order to carry out last minute fire-safety checks.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge over fire safety fears

Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’

The Independent UK

‘What is the Bibby Stockholm?’: Home Office not telling asylum seekers they are being moved to a barge

Exclusive: Lawyers reviewing one-page notices arriving in hotels, amid confusion and concern

The Independent UK

‘Final preparations’ taking place to house asylum seekers on barge

The Home Office had been expecting to send an initial group of people to the accommodation in Portland, Dorset, on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

First asylum seekers to move on to UK’s migrant barge despite fire warnings

‘It’s the getting down off it that’s the issue - everybody panics when there’s a fire,’ local councillor warns

The Independent UK

‘Floating Grenfell’ fears for government’s asylum seeker barge

The facility will eventually host about 500 men at a time

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm barge faces fire safety concerns – reports

The Times reported serious fire safety concerns about the vessel and that fire service approval remains pending.

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