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Housing asylum seekers in military barracks will be hugely expensive – and politically costly

In an effort to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, the UK government has announced that 900 people will be moved to military sites. Though this is a small fraction of the 32,000 currently housed in hotels, the Home Office hopes that up to 10,000 people might…

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Small boat migrant who returned to UK after being removed sent back to France again

The Home Office has confirmed that the Iranian national was put on a morning flight back to France

Evening Standard

Unfair to say locals were not consulted on asylum barracks plan – Alexander

The Scottish Secretary hit back at claims the UK Government failed to engage with Inverness officials over proposals to house 300 migrants there.

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Man who re-entered UK by small boat after removal to France deported again

He was removed under the UK-France returns deal aimed at deterring migrants from coming to the UK in small boats across the English Channel.

Evening Standard

Small boat migrant who crossed English Channel twice is sent back to France again

The man’s second crossing back to the country prompted criticism that the Government is in ‘total chaos’

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'We Followed Every Rule': TfL Workers Protest Visa Change Threatening Deportation of 200 Staff

Over 200 Transport for London staff face deportation after the UK government removed their jobs from the skilled worker visa list, sparking protests and calls for mayoral intervention.

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‘People are always looking for a scapegoat’: tensions rise in UK’s asylum and refugee hotspot

With the highest proportion of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, Crawley is engulfed in a housing crisis and anti-immigration protests

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New technology will eliminate call spoofing ‘within a year’ – minister

Home Office minister Lord Hanson said call tracing will allow phone scammers to be hunted down.

Evening Standard

Greta Thunberg backs UK university student who fears for his safety after visa sponsorship revoked

Pro-Palestinian activist Usama Ghanem has been indefinitely suspended from King’s College London. Jeremy Corbyn, Your Party co-leader, labelled the move ‘deeply disturbing’

The Independent UK

‘We fled to the UK to start a new life - now my son is depressed and malnourished’

Teenage asylum seeker vomits after every meal at Home Office hotel because the food is so bad, his mother claims

The Independent UK

Concerns raised over planned second removal of Iranian who returned to UK on small boat

Exclusive: Lawyers tell Home Office about health issues of man who says smuggling gangs make it too dangerous for him to go back to France

The Guardian - UK

Protesters to face jail for demonstrating outside MPs’ homes

Activists could be imprisoned for up to six months under the changes.

Evening Standard

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care

Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers

The Guardian - UK

HMRC likely to have breached privacy laws in stopping child benefit – experts

Watchdog contacts tax authority after families’ payments stopped based on flawed travel data

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Why is it so difficult for the UK to deport foreign criminals?

A convicted sex offender has been deported from Britain to Ethiopia after being accidentally released from prison. Following a national manhunt, home secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed that Hadush Kebatu – an asylum seeker who came to the UK without authorisation on a small boat – would be returned to his…

Evening Standard

Dozens of small boat migrants returned to France under 'one in one out' deal

The Home Office on Friday confirmed 75 people have been removed from the UK under the scheme, while 51 people have arrived

Evening Standard

Seventy-five migrants deported to France and 51 allowed into UK under deal

The one in, one out agreement with France aims to deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats.

The Independent UK

75 migrants deported to France and 51 allowed into UK under deal

The one in, one out agreement with France aims to deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats.

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Woman turned away from UK-Italy flight due to ill child has benefit stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of their children had epileptic seizure – but HMRC said she took a one-way trip

The Independent UK

Why deported migrants get paid up to £3,000 to leave the country

Hadush Kebatu was given money after threatening to disrupt his deportation flight

The Independent UK

Can the Home Office be fixed?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As crisis after crisis piles up for new home secretary Shabana Mahmood, she must have the full backing of her PM and chancellor to do whatever it takes to restore public confidence in the system

The Guardian - UK

UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’

Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry into conditions at Manston asylum centre has stalled, critics say

Lawyers acting for some of those unlawfully detained in appalling conditions at site in 2022 call for end to delays

Evening Standard

Scottish Government ‘stands ready’ to work with UK ministers on asylum barracks

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke of her ‘intense level of frustration’ with how the situation has been handled.

Evening Standard

Home Office minister defends plans to house asylum seekers on military bases

Asylum minister Alex Norris said the two sites in Inverness and East Sussex are an ‘important part’ of driving down hotel use.

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