Waist and leg restraints used on asylum seekers deported from UK, report finds An inspection of a deportation flight in November found two members of the Home Office team fell asleep on the job. Evening Standard · Apr 13
UK Migration Shake-Up: 11 Asylum Hotels Set To Close This Week The Home Office is closing 11 asylum hotels this week as part of a major shift in UK migration policy. The government aims to move 30,000 asylum seekers into ex-military sites and structured housing. International Business Times UK · Apr 13
Home Office expected to close down another 11 asylum hotels The move is part of an attempt to end asylum hotel accommodation altogether The Independent UK · Apr 12
Home Office to announce closure of 11 asylum hotels in next week Exclusive: closures are part of pledge by Labour to end all use of hotels for asylum seekers by end of this parliament The Guardian - UK · Apr 12
UK starts crackdown on EU citizens’ post-Brexit rights Concerns raised over use of travel data in determining whether people are ‘continuously’ in Britain after HMRC fiasco The Guardian - UK · Apr 10
More than 50 young asylum seekers have died in UK since 2015, data shows Figures gathered from children’s services and health trusts show 31 deaths were suicides, including six in under-18s The Guardian - UK · Apr 8
Wireless Festival boss Melvin Benn claims Pepsi approved Kanye West booking before boycott Melvin Benn has claimed drinks company Pepsi actually "signed off" on the controversial headliner for Wireless. BANG Premier · Apr 8
Sir Keir Starmer: Kanye West should never have been invited to headline Wireless Festival UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has stated that Kanye West "should never have been invited" to headline the Wireless Festival - as the event was cancelled after the controversial rapper was blocked from coming to the UK by the Home Office. BANG Premier · Apr 7
Wireless Festival CANCELLED after Kanye West banned from UK Wireless Festival has been cancelled after the Home Office withdrew Kanye West’s ETA, blocking him from entering the UK. BANG Premier · Apr 7
Hyper-targeted scheme to help at-risk schools in England tackle knife crime Home Office will use mapping technology and crime data to identify up to 250 schools in areas of greatest risk The Guardian - UK · Apr 6
UK has detained 76 ‘age-disputed’ children under one in, one out scheme Concerns raised over minors placed in adult detention centres since removals began under scheme in September The Guardian - UK · Apr 5
Ministers working with Labour backbenchers to temper Mahmood immigration plans Exclusive: Starmer urged to go further with exemptions if he wants to avoid widespread anger from his own MPs The Guardian - UK · Apr 5
UK to pay France extra £16m in stopgap deal to patrol Channel beaches Two-month arrangement aimed at preventing small-boat crossings comes as existing deal expires The Guardian - UK · Mar 31
UK-France £650m Channel deal talks stall over small-boat crossings The French intercept 33 per cent of crossings, with Home Office figures showing rates have fallen to intercepting just 2,064 of 6,233 crossings The Independent UK · Mar 30
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30 Fears of increased small boat Channel crossings as UK-French deal nears end New agreement delayed amid home secretary Shabana Mahmood’s demands for more interceptions of dinghies
Evening Standard · Mar 27 Police seize 20 mopeds in south London immigration raid Officers questioned delivery drivers and made two arrests in a planned crackdown on vehicle crime
International Business Times UK · Mar 25 'Moot Point': Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Respond to 35K Petitioners Calling for a 'No Taxpayer-Funding' Australia Trip Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's upcoming visit to Australia faces criticism as a petition demands no taxpayer funds for their private trip.
The Independent UK · Mar 25 ‘Dublin dodge’ offers risk-free route to UK for dual nationals Exclusive: British citizens using passports from another country can travel smoothly to the United Kingdom crossing by land from Ireland
Evening Standard · Mar 24 Retired police officer denies working as spy for Hong Kong government in UK Bill Yuen, 65, who worked for the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office in London, is accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 24 ‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICE They’re not armed and they keep a relatively low profile. But the Home Office’s immigration compliance and enforcement officers have searched thousands of business in pursuit of illegal workers. Are they abusing their powers?
The Guardian - UK · Mar 23 Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries Sudanese and Afghan students with offers to study in UK say government’s ‘emergency brake’ is discriminatory
The Guardian - UK · Mar 23 ‘The UK is saying the same thing as the Taliban’: the women banned from studying in Britain The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics explain
Evening Standard · Mar 23 Protesters cursed Hong Kong accused and his family ‘to die’, court told Bill Yuen and Peter Wai are on trial at the Old Bailey on charges under the National Security Act.
International Business Times UK · Mar 23 Prince Harry 'Security Snub': Home Office Fears Public Backlash Over Multi-Million Taxpayer Bill Prince Harry faces a fresh blow in his bid for taxpayer-funded UK security, as Home Office officials reportedly baulk at the political cost of restoring protection to the Duke of Sussex. With Ravec split and Whitehall uneasy, the standoff between security necessity and political optics shows no sign of resolution.
International Business Times UK · Mar 23 US Family in UK Visa Mix-Up: What Are the New UK Family Visa Rules Behind Rising Rejection Cases US family in UK visa mix-up faces detention as new family visa rules cause rising rejections, exposing Home Office errors and leaving children at risk