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Government CLEAR immigration detention centre after power cut and night of violence

The government has now emptied Harmondsworth immigration centre after a night of chaos Friday was triggered by a power cut and lack of running water

Daily Mirror

‘It just rings and rings’: Home Office helpline for asylum seekers rated inadequate

Refugees and support workers say Home Office-funded service ‘torment’, with some callers left on hold for up to three hours

The Guardian - UK

Inside squalid Manston migrant centre where refugees face horrific living conditions

The footage of the site, 20 miles from Dover, shows detainees sleeping on mats on the wooden floor of a marquee as temperatures plunge. Migrants are meant to stay for a maximum of 24 hours

Daily Mirror

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Immigration officials target mosques, temples and churches to advise people to return home

Exclusive: Migrant groups called for the ‘hostile environment’ policy to be scrapped, arguing that people expecting to find safe spaces to pray are being ‘duped’

The Independent UK

Detainees at immigration centre ‘terrified’ as riot police called to ‘disturbance’ after power cut

Riot police were called out to the facility on Friday evening at 7.45pm

The Independent UK

Tory ministers branded 'soft on crime' after 'staggering' rise in hate violence

New analysis of Home Office figures reveals a 400% increase in hate crime in some regions of England and Wales over the last decade.

Daily Mirror

Harmondsworth: Detainees cause disturbance at London immigration centre

A group of detainees understood to be armed with weapons at a west London immigration centre caused a “disturbance” during a power outage, the Home Office has said. No one was injured during the incident overnight at Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow Airport, according to the department. Electricity issues began…

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Inside UK immigration centre as detainees left in dark after night of chaos

Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, one detainee inside Harmondsworth immigration centre spoke of their terror being trapped inside, 'abandoned' by staff there and stuck without electricity or running water

Daily Mirror

Border Force union joins legal action over conditions at Manston asylum centre

Exclusive: PCS joins action with charity and a woman placed at Kent processing centre for boat arrivals

The Guardian - UK

Harmondsworth detention centre to be emptied by the end of the day

Detainees say they have not been told where they are going as minister announces closure after protests over conditions

The Guardian - UK

Riot police called to immigration centre as detainees armed with ‘various weaponry’

The ‘disturbance’ took place during a power cut which lasted until 9am today

The Independent UK

Harmondsworth: Detainees who caused disturbance at London immigration centre ‘will be held to account’

It’s understood several detainees left their rooms during a power cut and were armed with weapons

Evening Standard

Detainees armed with ‘various weaponry’ cause disturbance at immigration centre - OLD

The Home Office said several detainees left their rooms armed with ‘various weaponry’ during a power cut in the early hours of Saturday.

The Independent UK

Almost half of asylum seekers are unable to access legal aid, figures suggest

The Home Office had processed only 4 per cent of last year’s asylum claims

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Cleverly’s ‘frank’ talk with Albanian PM over Braverman’s migrant claims

The Foreign Secretary spoke to Edi Rama after the Home Secretary caused outrage in Albania with her ‘invasion’ comment.

The Guardian - UK

More ‘highly vulnerable’ asylum seekers found sleeping rough in central London

Latest group are among scores of people removed from Manston immigration centre in Kent by Home Office with no offer of shelter

The Independent UK

‘Callous’ minister claims migrants have ‘a cheek’ to complain about conditions at overcrowded Manston

Downing Street distanced itself from the comments

Manchester Evening News

Police called to protest outside office of firm linked to controversial Manston migrant camp

Campaigners gathered outside Mitie with hopes of delivering a letter to the company's CEO

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The Guardian - UK

‘A complete mess’: small boats a big issue for successive home secretaries

Priti Patel has bequeathed Suella Braverman a situation that has disintegrated into chaos

Evening Standard

UK asylum system: What happens to people who cross the Channel and make a claim?

Almost 40,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats in 2022, according to Government data, but that is just the start of their journey through the UK asylum process

The National (Scotland)

Home Office contractors sacked after 'trying to sell drugs to asylum seekers'

HOME Office contractors tried to sell illegal drugs to asylum seekers at the Manston processing centre, it has been revealed.

Evening Standard

Two migrant groups left stranded at Victoria station after ‘misunderstanding’, says minister

Two migrant groups who crossed the English Channel were left stranded in London after a “misunderstanding” with UK officials, a minister has said.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office contractors removed for trying to sell drugs at Manston asylum centre

Exclusive: Staff disciplined after asylum seekers understood to have complained about attempts to sell them cannabis

Wales Online

Migrants should be 'treated with compassion and respect', says PM's spokesman

It comes after policing minister Chris Philp criticised the “cheek” of complaints from people arriving in the country “illegally” about the conditions in processing

The Independent UK

Migrants ‘deserve to be treated with compassion and respect’ – Downing Street

Home Office minister Chris Philp earlier criticised the ‘cheek’ of complaints from ‘illegal’ migrants.

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