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Home Office slammed for 'inhumane' room sharing at Perth asylum seeker hotels

SUELLA Braverman and the Home Office have been slammed for proposing to introduce enforced room sharing for asylum seekers at hotels in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

‘Weeks’ before migrants back on board Bibby barge – minister

It comes as figures showed fresh cases of diphtheria among asylum seekers in England have been reported for the first time since January.

The Independent UK

'When you get status the struggle doesn’t end': what it's like to be a new refugee in the UK

When someone applies for asylum in the UK today, they may be waiting months or even years for their application to be decided, thanks to the record-high backlog that the government is failing to tackle.

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UK Government not ruling out electronic tagging to 'control' migrants

HOME Secretary Suella Braverman has not ruled out a report suggesting that the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with electronic…

The National (Scotland)

Hotels and employment aren't major 'pull factors' for refugees – here's what really draws people to move

People make decisions about where to live, when to leave and where to move based on several complex factors. Among policymakers and people who study immigration, the term “push” factor is used to describe what drives people to leave a country (for example, violence, persecution or poverty).

The Conversation

Asylum seekers say Bibby Stockholm conditions caused suicide attempt

Thirty-nine people who were briefly housed on barge write to Suella Braverman describing fear and despair

The Guardian - UK

Pete Wishart insists refugees should not be forced to share hotel rooms

A senior SNP MP has said no refugee should be forced to share a room in a hotel against their will.

The National (Scotland)

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No refugee should be forced to share room against their will, says Wishart

It is understood asylum seekers will have no choice but to share hotel rooms.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman lines up new £306m migrant detention centres to house 1,000 asylum seekers

Officials are seeking contractors to run three immigration removal centres (IRCs) amid the ‘unprecedented rise of small boat crossings’

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman refusing to roll out asylum-support scheme deemed ‘more humane’

The UN hailed a pilot project that cut the cost of helping refugees, but the Home Office remains set on hardline illegal migration bill

The Guardian - UK

Small boat arrivals are not a threat

The number of migrants crossing the Channel in inflatables is tiny; most people come to the UK legitimately

The Guardian - UK

Tory party does not want to solve the small boats crisis

Letters: Shareen Campbell suggests offering something similar to the ‘homes for Ukraine’ scheme, but David Cordingley says the PM and home secretary are only interested in fuelling anti-migrant sentiment

The Guardian - UK

Migrants to return to Dorset barge in ‘next few days’, says minister after Legionella scare

As Government pushes back on EU reports

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm: Timeline of government chaos over controversial migrant barge

Row erupts over response to discovery of Legionella bacteria on barge as asylum seekers evacuated just days after boarding vessel

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Priti Patel blasts government’s ‘secretive’ five-year plan to house asylum seekers on RAF base

Suella Braverman used an ‘emergency’ planning bypass for a 12-month development at RAF Wethersfield, but leaked memo says it will be used for five years

The Guardian - UK

‘Secretive and evasive’: Patel criticises plan to house asylum seekers at Essex RAF base

Former home secretary demands answers from Suella Braverman about timeframe for government’s use of the site

The Independent UK

Government officials planning for migrant crisis to last for ‘years’

Home Office memo for senior civil servants says government planning to use other sites to house asylum seekers

The Independent UK

Sunak set to push on with asylum barges despite Bibby Stockholm fiasco

Government has ‘no problem’ hiring more vessels, says minister as pressure grows on PM to tackle small boats after Channel deaths

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The Independent UK

Migrants on Bibby Stockholm ‘fear for health’ after drinking water on barge amid Legionnaires’ scare

‘One of them was really concerned because he had just drunk a glass of water and he was asking me if he was going to be OK,’ a support worker said

The Guardian - UK

‘Small boats week’ ignores wider context of irregular immigration in UK

Headline numbers overshadow fact that many asylum seekers come by plane and other countries face higher figures

The Independent UK

Britain’s barge for asylum seekers faces new setback as legionella bacteria found in water system - OLD

Britain is removing 39 asylum seekers from a barge moored in southern England after environmental samples showed legionella bacteria in the water system

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm migrants moved off barge after legionella bacteria found

Asylum seekers were not told of bacteria in water system until after media reports broke

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers removed from Bibby Stockholm after Legionella bacteria found - OLD

No migrants have fallen sick or developed Legionnaires’ disease.

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm migrants ‘moved off barge after legionella bacteria found’

Bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease said to have been found in water supply on board

The Independent UK

Bibby Stockholm: Most asylum seekers housed on ‘deterrent’ barge are not small boat migrants

Labour says it’s ‘frankly laughable’ to claim barge will reduce small boats when most residents flew to UK

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