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Ministers propose changes to National Security Bill to ease press freedom fears

Media representatives said the draft law, in its current form, risks ‘criminalising journalists for legitimate reporting’.

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

'Dangerous' Tory asylum plans a 'recipe for more injustice'

AMNESTY International has warned that the Tories' latest plans to cut the Home Office backlog of asylum claims is a "recipe for more…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 23, 2023

Ending face-to-face interviews could be ‘devastating’ for UK asylum seekers

Charities fear plan to instead introduce questionnaire in English could result in claims being wrongly turned down

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

12,000 asylum seekers to have cases fast-tracked in bid to clear backlog

Ministers hope fast-tracking cases from high-acceptance countries will help clear backlog

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2023

Labour’s Preet Gill accused of undermining Sikh victims of sexual violence

Shadow development secretary urged those calling Sikh temples unsafe to submit written apologies

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Thousands of asylum cases to be fast-tracked in bid to cut soaring backlog

Government officials stressed that thorough security checks would still be carried out.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Thousands of asylum cases to be fast-tracked as Home Office struggles with Sunak’s backlog pledge

Government could use failure to return questionnaires in 20 working days to delete asylum applications

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Stranded in a strange place, plucked from safety, child refugees are falling prey to Manchester's Counterfeit Street gangs

'Many of the children have travelled for considerable distances and by all accounts independently of responsible adults', GMP said as the latest raids were carried out

Manchester Evening News · Feb 22, 2023

Home Office to tell refugees to complete questionnaire in English or risk refusal

Exclusive: Claimants will have only 20 days to respond or face rejection

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Home Office treatment of children 'a gift to traffickers' as experts slam 'casual racism'

Former independent commissioners Dame Sara Thornton and Dame Vera Baird accuse the government of victim blaming amid reports of hundreds of children disappearing from hotels housing asylum seekers

Daily Mirror · Feb 22, 2023