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The government must consider all options for a more forceful approach to migration

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The proposal to grant a temporary permission to work to asylum seekers from countries where the overwhelming majority of applications for refugee status are normally granted deserves a cautious welcome – not least because it would enable 200 asylum hotels to be closed within a year,…

The Independent UK

The ‘one-off scheme’ which could see asylum hotels close next year

It would allow people from certain countries likely to be recognised as refugees temporary permission to stay

The Independent UK

Starmer could end asylum hotel use in six months with this one move, charity claims

The prime minister is under pressure to close asylum hotels after a series of violent protests

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Government could close asylum hotels next year with ‘one-off scheme’ – charity

The Refugee Council has proposed granting temporary permission to stay for certain asylum seekers to cut the need for hotels by next spring.

Evening Standard

Asylum seekers are being targeted – and so are those who help them. It’s a disturbing new reality

Far-right influencers are menacing charities and individuals to further isolate the people we work with. Ensuring safety is now part of the job, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s migration crisis: What the latest numbers really show

Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and Alicja Hagopian report

The Independent UK

Labour is about to get even tougher on asylum seekers. It still won’t work

Kneejerk policy changes won’t win over Reform voters, or stop boats crossing the Channel. Here’s what the government should do instead, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

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The Refugee Council's rebrand is a warm celebration of Britain

The use of beautiful lino cut illustrations gives the brand a textured feel.

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A day in the life of an asylum hotel: inside the UK’s most controversial accommodation

The media often stigmatises asylum hotels – and they are sometimes physically attacked too. But behind closed doors are people who dream of work, wheels, security and the simple freedom to choose what they eat

The Guardian - UK

Tory councillors accused of 'sowing fear and creating division' with asylum leaflet

A REFUGEE charity has challenged a leaflet distributed by Conservative councillors aiming to “sow fear and create division”, stating locals have…

The National (Scotland)

Asylum application system struggling to cope after 485% surge in appeals

In the last three months alone 12,183 appeals have been lodged.

The Independent UK

Number of UK asylum seekers awaiting appeals up by nearly 500% in two years

Refugee Council analysis of figures released by MoJ shows there are 41,987 claims in backlog of tribunal courts

The Guardian - UK

Top trade unionist accuses Labour of 'toxic politics' with refugee citizenship ban

KEIR Starmer has been accused by one of his closest trade union allies of encouraging “toxic politics” by barring refugees from becoming UK…

The National (Scotland)

Starmer union ally joins opposition to rules barring citizenship for small boat refugees

Head of Unison Christina McAnea is one of 148 signatories of letter warning rules will ‘breed division and mistrust’

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'Cruel': Labour 'try to bury' new citizenship ban for small boats refugees

REFUGEES who arrived in Britain by small boats or other unapproved means will be barred from gaining citizenship under new rules sneaked in by…

The Independent UK

Labour government to deny UK citizenship to small boat refugees

MP Stella Creasy says proposed rule would have denied Paddington Bear

The Guardian - UK

UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’

Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’

The Guardian - UK

Lights, camera, and a new low: why is the government making Deportation TV

Labour’s bold new idea is video of people being rounded up and ejected from the country. A less dehumanising approach would be more effective, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

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The Independent UK

Labour accused of trying to outdo Farage with migrant deportation videos

The government is publishing videos of raids of venues employing illegal workers as it prepares for the second reading of its Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Why Keir Starmer hopes this is the year to end the Channel crossing crisis

In today’s newsletter: The government’s new interim order could bring some criminals to justice, but may not stop desperate people putting their lives at risk to cross the Channel

The Guardian - UK

Refugee Council urges UK to introduce special visas in effort to stop deaths in the Channel

Record number of deaths in 2024 leads to call for safe and legal routes for people to travel to UK to stop them resorting to smugglers

The Independent UK

Government must say how many die attempting small boat crossings – charity

Research by the Refugee Council suggested that more migrants died in the Channel in 2024 than in the previous three years combined.

Evening Standard

Winter Appeal: ‘I felt dizzy … I started to feel like I was going to starve in London’

How the Home Office’s ‘hostile environment’ policy drove a blind asylum seeker to the brink of despair — as £500,000 from the Julia Rausing Trust takes our Winter Appeal past £2million

The Guardian - UK

European countries urged not to abandon Syrians applying for asylum

UN agency and charities call on governments not to leave refugees in limbo after UK and Germany suspend claims

Evening Standard

Winter Appeal: How a football team for refugees is breaking down barriers

Fair Shot football team is supported by the Refugee Council, one of the organisations being funded by our Winter Appeal

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