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Charity challenges home secretary’s claims about ‘economic migrants’

Refugee Council study suggests asylum claims by three out of four crossing Channel would be granted

The Guardian - UK

Three-quarters of small boat arrivals would be granted asylum, study suggests

The Refugee Council says the Government’s own figures counter the narrative that most people crossing the Channel do not require protection.

The Independent UK

Starmer must do more than reverse the Tories’ cruelties. He should lead a global rethink on refugees

We don’t just need a better UK system. It’s vital that Labour addresses the root causes that lead to worldwide instability, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

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Home affairs under Peter Dutton was warned ‘failing’ immigration detention may have breached duty of care

Exclusive: 2020 report told of risk to detainees’ health from indefinite detention and sending ‘prison hardened’ cohort into system

The Guardian - AU

Home Office policy change will bring ‘crisis’ to councils and NHS, refugee expert warns

It is feared the change will make it ‘virtually impossible’ for refugees to find housing

Evening Standard

‘Refugees being driven to homelessness by shorter eviction notice periods’

The Refugee Council and other charities have written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Housing Secretary Michael Gove.

The Independent UK

Asylum seeker children to get postcards after murals painted over

Cartoons Not Cruelty campaign inspired by government order to remove artwork at reception centres

The Guardian - UK

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We know people seeking asylum die in the Channel, but callous hardline policy kills them too

When you get behind the public soundbites, you hear an ugly ideology that has scant sympathy for those who risk it all, or even die, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners call for ‘compassion’ in asylum policy following Channel deaths

Opposition MPs said the tragedy highlighted the need for action to prevent dangerous crossings being made.

The Independent UK

Call for refugee visas to tackle Channel small boat crossings

Refugee Council says Illegal Migration Act will not work and calls for pilot of legal route for 10,000 asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Test ‘refugee visa’ to curb Channel crossings, urges charity

The idea is one of a series put forward by the Refugee Council.

The Independent UK

The illegal migration bill has passed, and here’s what will happen: children lost, abused and exploited

The new law will not act as the deterrent the UK government says it will – it just puts more vulnerable people in harm’s way, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

Home Office must process asylum claim ‘every four minutes’ to hit backlog target, Refugee Council claims

The Refugee Council suggests the Prime Minister’s pledge to curb the backlog by the end of the year ‘is unlikely’

Evening Standard

Home Office must process asylum claim every four minutes to clear backlog by January

Rishi Sunak claims ministers were on track to clear backlog by end of year – currently close to 75,000

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Key plank of new UK asylum law dropped to cut backlog

Home Office will no longer distinguish between people arriving by irregular means and other asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Cram them into a shoebox: that’s Britain’s new anti-migrant strategy – and it won’t work

Refugees are right to protest about being a plan which forces them into unsuitable accommodation. It’s more cruelty by design, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak announces two more barges will be used to house 1,000 asylum seekers

The Prime Minister, visiting a Border Force facility in Dover, said that a controversial plan to house asylum seekers in a barge would be operational within a fortnight, and added that two more vessels had been secured - but refused to say where

The Guardian - UK

Home Office accused of being ‘unashamedly racist’ towards Sudanese

Experts believe the UK has adopted a segregated immigration policy which favours those fleeing Ukraine

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The Guardian - UK

Multiple government defeats are likely when the illegal immigration bill heads to the Lords

Sunak’s plan is cruel and unworkable, but at the very least there may be concessions on victims of trafficking and children, says Refugee Council SEO Enver Solomon

The Independent UK

Afghan refugees ‘evictions plan’ deeply concerning, say campaigners

It comes after reports suggested Afghan refugees are set to be forced out of hotels as part of new Government plans.

The National (Scotland)

'Draconian' asylum bill could leave 40,000 children destitute or locked up

THE UK Government’s Illegal Migration Bill could leave 200,000 people, including 40,000 children, locked up or forced into destitution, the…

The Independent UK

Staggering cost of detaining and accommodating migrants under controversial illegal migration bill revealed

More than 250,000 people, including up to 45,000 children, could have their asylum claims deemed inadmissible, a charity says

The Independent UK

Small boats bill ‘will force hundreds of thousands into immigration limbo’, charity claims

Up to 260,000 people could have their asylum claims rejected in first three years of small boats bill, Refugee Council says

Wales Online

Cost of detaining and accommodating migrants 'could hit £9bn in three years’

Charity says more than 250,000 people will have their claim for asylum denied with 10,000 sent to Rwanda in each of the first three years

The Guardian - UK

‘Draconian’ migration bill could leave tens of thousands destitute or locked up

Refugee Council figures reveal potential human and economic cost of government’s illegal migration bill

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