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The Latest Breaking News on Hundreds of Afghans evacuated from Pakistan ‘dumped’ in military bases as UK scrambles to find them homes

Minister claims migration targets 'not helpful' after Tories spectacularly miss theirs

Robert Jenrick squirmed as he was challenged on Conservative promises, days after figures showed 606,000 more people came to the UK than left last year

Daily Mirror

Asylum system ‘riddled with abuse’ and needs fundamental change – Jenrick

The Immigration Minister said people arriving in small boats ‘risk cannibalising the compassion’ of the UK public.

The Independent UK

Manston asylum centre could be overwhelmed again within weeks, staff warn

Exclusive: Staff at processing centre say lack of ‘upstream accommodation’ could see return to conditions that led to disease and violence

The Guardian - UK

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Tory housing plan will put refugees’ lives at risk

Letters: Readers criticise proposals that exempt landlords from upholding basic safety rules for asylum seeker accommodation

The Guardian - UK

Tory former minister warns of ‘chaos’ over Government immigration plans

Ministers want to use former military bases to ease accommodation issues.

The Independent UK

Anti-racist groups' solidarity for refugees in Newcastle as far-right protest falls through

North East Frontline Patriots had been expected to stage at protest against the housing of refugees and people seeking asylum in Newcastle city centre, but the protest did not go ahead

Chronicle Live

Asylum seekers flee Clare hotel after local protesters block access with tractors

A group of 34 asylum seekers was accommodated at three holiday homes on the site of Magowna House Hotel in Inch on Monday evening

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Rishi Sunak vows to use ‘as many barges as it takes’ to house asylum seekers

PM fires back at Archbishop of Canterbury, as cabinet minister admits pledges are ‘difficult’ to meet

The Independent UK

Giant migrant barge arrives in UK waters as it prepares to host 500 asylum seekers

The engineless Bibby Stockholm has docked in Falmouth for vital inspections and refurbishment before being towed to Portland in Dorset where she will accommodate 500 asylum seekers

Daily Mirror

Sunak vow to detain all small boat migrants ‘unworkable’ as UK’s immigration detention capacity revealed

Exclusive: Documents show there are only 3,000 detention places - and just 98 for women - but 56,000 people are expected to arrive this year

The Independent UK

Politicians clash over plans to house 1,800 asylum seekers after 'serious concerns' raised

This came after 'serious concerns' were raised with the Home Secretary over the plans

Liverpool Echo

Dorset Tories voice concerns about barge for asylum seekers

Police commissioner and council leader say Home Office has failed to address questions about plan to house 506 people on vessel

The Guardian - UK

Portland Port says asylum seeker barge provides ‘benefits’ for local economy

Bosses at Dorset port have said providing berthing space for the vessel would help to ‘drive continued growth, secure more long-term jobs and generate future investment’

Birmingham Post

Tory branded 'Nimby' in TV clash as he says 'no one wants' asylum facility in their area

Sky News presenter Kay Burley grilled Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on whether he was a 'Nimby' (Not in my back yard) after his local council tried to block plans to house asylum seekers on a disused airbase

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Cleverly: No MP would want large-scale asylum seeker accommodation in their area

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly’s local council has objected to plans for migrant accommodation at a disused airfield.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office to acquire fleet of ships to house asylum seekers

Exclusive: up to 10 disused cruise liners, ferries and barges sought to help tackle processing delays

Nottingham Post

Hotelier addresses 'speculation' about asylum seekers staying in former Skegness town hall

A number of hotels on the coast are currently being used to house refugees

Daily Mirror

Furious Tory MP calls for 'quasi prison' barge for asylum seekers to be scrapped

Richard Drax - who said opponents are considering legal action against the Home Office plans - claims he wasn't consulted before Home Secretary Suella Braverman told him of the plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset

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The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman: small boat arrivals have ‘values at odds with our country’

Home secretary also associates people who enter UK illegally with ‘heightened levels of criminality’

The Independent UK

Costs for asylum hotels could increase by £7.5m a day due to Tory Bill – Labour

Analysis by the Labour Party is said to have shown that spending on hotels for asylum seekers could rise to more than £4 billion a year.

The Guardian - UK

Shared rooms, rancid food, no clothes: new report lays bare shocking conditions of those seeking refuge in UK

Asylum seekers are enduring conditions worse than prison as they wait in hotels for claims to be processed

Evening Standard

Tory council loses high court bid to block government plan to house asylum seekers at Essex airfield

Braintree District Council launched a high court bid to block a plan to turn former airbase into accommodation for asylum seekers

Reuters

UK local authority loses bid to stop asylum seekers being housed at air base

A local authority in southeastern England on Friday lost a bid at London's High Court to stop the British government from accommodating asylum seekers at a former military base.

The Independent UK

Council loses High Court bid to block plans to house asylum seekers at airfield

Braintree District Council brought legal action over the proposed use of Wethersfield Airfield to accommodate up to 1,700 male asylum seekers.

The Guardian - UK

Council loses attempt to block asylum centre on Essex airfield

Braintree authority took action to try to stop Home Office housing up to 1,700 people at MoD Wethersfield

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